Linking Citizens to Government

By - Lawrence S. Rothenberg

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1992

ISBN 10 - 0521425778

ISBN 13 - 9780521425773

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Lobbying

Shelf No - 15

Call Number - 324.4097 ROT

Physical Description - xvi, 306 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Notes - includes index

Book Information

Lawrence Rothenberg examines some of the most elusive aspects of interest group operations through an in-depth study of one of the largest interest groups in Washington, Common Cause. In developing what might be called a membership theory, he asks such questions as: why do members join a group? Who stays and who leaves and why? What is the nature of the relationships among the activists, the group leaders and the rank-and-file members? How do these relationships shape the lobbying policies of the group? How is the lobbying impact of a group related to the nature of its membership? In addition, Rothenberg analyses the impact the lobbying efforts of Common Cause have had through case studies of the Congressional vote on the MX missile system and of the agenda setting behind the campaign finance reform bill.

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