The Organization Ecology of Interest Communities: Assessment and Agenda (Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series)

The Organization Ecology of Interest Communities: Assessment and Agenda (Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series)

by David Lowery (Editor), Darren Halpin (Editor), David Lowery (Editor), Darren Halpin (Editor), Virginia Gray (Editor)

Synopsis

This volume summarizes the origins and development of the organization ecology approach to the study of interest representation and lobbying, and outlines an agenda for future research. Multiple authors from different countries and from different perspectives contribute their analysis of this research program.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 300
Edition: 1st ed. 2015
Publisher: AIAA
Published: 23 Sep 2015

ISBN 10: 1137514302
ISBN 13: 9781137514301

Media Reviews

'The Organization Ecology of Interest Communities is one of the most important books on interest group systems ever written. The papers in this excellent volume represent that work's ever-expanding impact and chart new directions for population ecology research. Every student of interest groups will need to read this volume carefully.' Richard L. Hall, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Michigan, USA

Author Bio
Frank R. Baumgartner, Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Joost Berkhout, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Jan Beyers, Professor of Political Science, University of Antwerp, and Director of the Antwerp Centre for Institutions and Multilevel Politics (ACIM), Belgium Caelesta Braun, Assistant Professor, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Traci Burch, Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University, and Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation, USA Virginia Gray, Robert Watson Winston Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Darren Halpin, Associate Professor and Reader in Policy Studies, and the Head of School of Sociology, at the Research School of Social Sciences, the Australian National University. Marcel Hanegraaff, Post-Doctoral Researcher of Political Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium Thomas T. Holyoke, Associate Professor of Political Science, California State University, Fresno, USA Philip Edward Jones, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware, USA Beth Leech, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University, USA Burdett Loomis, Professor of Politics, University of Kansas, USA David Lowery, Bruce R. Miller and Dean D. LaVigne Professor of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, USA William A. Maloney, Professor of Politics and Head of the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, UK Anthony J. Nownes, Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA Christopher Witko, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina, USA Hye Young You, Assistant professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University, USA Kay Lehman Schlozman, J. Joseph Moakley Endowed Professor of Political Science, Boston College, USA Kelsey Shoub, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Sidney Verba, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Government, Harvard University, USA