Bias in the heavenly chorus: Interests in society and before government

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-30

  Lowery, David ^a   Gray, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interest groups; Lobbying; Pluralism

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642499317     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951629804038900     Document Type: Review

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