Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why
By (author): "Marie Hojnacki, Beth L. Leech, David C. Kimball, Jeffrey M. Berry, Frank R. Baumgartner"
Publish Date:
2009
ISBN0226039455
ISBN139780226039459
AsinLobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why
Original titleLobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why
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.