The two worlds of lobbying: Washington lobbyists in the core and on the periphery

Interest Groups and Advocacy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 219-245

  LaPira, Timothy M ^a   Thomas, Herschel F ^b   Baumgartner, Frank R ^c  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandwagons; Contract lobbyists; Interest groups; Networks; Niches; Revolving door

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910651300     PISSN: 20477414     EISSN: 20477422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/iga.2014.4     Document Type: Article

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