Special Interest Politics

by Gene M. Grossman and Elhanan Helpman

Book Overview

This landmark theoretical book is about the mechanisms by which special interest groups affect policy in modern democracies. Defining a special interest group as any organization that takes action on behalf of an identifiable group of voters, Gene Grossman and Elhanan Helpman ask: How do special interest groups derive their power and influence? What determines the extent to which they are able to affect policy outcomes? What happens when groups...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262571676
• ISBN13: 9780262571678
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher