Legislative agendas and interest advocacy: Understanding the demand side of lobbying

American Politics Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 404-434

  Gray, Virginia ^a   Lowery, David ^b   Fellowes, Matthew ^c   Anderson, Jennifer L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Interest groups; Legislative agendas; State legislatures

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744379787     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X04266638     Document Type: Article

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