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Lobbying and Influence
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This article provides an overview of the scholarly efforts to document the influence of interest groups and suggest some reasons why there is such a great disconnect between popular belief and scholarly evidence. One of the best-known examples of contradictory findings about the influence of interest groups comes from the classic studies of US trade policy conducted by E. E. Schattschneider (1935) and, three decades later, Bauer, Pool, and Dexter (1963). Schattschneider documented many limitations on group influence and Bauer, Pool, and Dexter documented many instances in which the close relationships interest groups had with their allies led to advantageous outcomes. In the age of Bauer, Pool, and Dexter, interest groups were effective in part because of the information they supplied. The wrong assumptions about how policy works are finally discussed.
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- Authors
- Leech, B. L.
- Affiliations
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Corresponding author
- Leech, Beth L.
- ORCID
- Leech, Beth L.
- Venue
- The Oxford Handbook of American Political Parties and Interest Groups
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2010-05-02
- Pages
- 534-551
- OpenAlex
- W2735116835
- Cited by
- 91
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- 7
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- FWCI
- 3.85
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Keywords
- interest groups, lobbying, group influence, trade policy, policy process, information provision
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