Lobbying for the People : The Political Behavior of Public Interest Groups /

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In recent years there has been growing recognition of the role played in American politics by groups such as Common Cause, the Sierra Club, and Zero Population Growth. This book considers their work in terms of their origins and development, resources, patterns of recruitment, decision-making proces...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berry, Jeffrey M., 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1977.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Public interest groups.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Groupes de defense de l'interêt public > États-Unis.
Public interest groups > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The origins and maintenance of public interest organizations
  • Organizational resources
  • Public interest representatives
  • Speaking for those who can't: the fund for animals
  • "Fighting the fights that others don't": the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
  • Communication and decision making
  • The tactics of advocacy ...
  • ... And the strategies of influence
  • Public interest groups and the governmental process.

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