Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why

by Jerry Berry, Marie Hojnacki, Frank R. Baumgartner, et al.

Book Overview

During the 2008 election season, politicians from both sides of the aisle promised to rid government of lobbyists' undue influence. For the authors of Lobbying and Policy Change, the most extensive study ever done on the topic, these promises ring hollow--not because politicians fail to keep them but because lobbies are far less influential than political rhetoric suggests.

Based on a comprehensive examination of ninety-eight issues,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226039455
• ISBN13: 9780226039459
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.9"