Studying organizational advocacy and influence: Reexamining interest group research

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages 379-399

  Hojnacki, Marie ^a   Kimball, David C ^b   Baumgartner, Frank R ^c   Berry, Jeffrey M ^d   Leech, Beth L ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

lobbying; policy making; public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861434760     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-polisci-070910-104051     Document Type: Review

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