Synopses & Reviews
Critics of the policy-making process argue that private interest groups exert too much influence on the decisions of government, but only rarely has this proposition been examined systematically. The Hollow Core draws on interviews with more than 300 interest groups, 800 lobbyists, and 300 government officials to assess the efforts of private organizations to influence federal policy in four areas--agriculture, energy, health, and labor policy.
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A monumental piece of empirical research that will be required reading for anyone concerned with interest group representation in the United States. John T. Tierney - Political Science Quarterly
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The most thorough and masterly treatment ever delivered of the role of private interests in national policy making. The Hollow Core will constitute the solid center of research in this field for years to come. It teaches us much, not only about private interests but also about policy making. Financial Times
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A monumental piece of empirical research that will be required reading for anyone concerned with interest group representation in the United States.
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The Hollow Core is by far the most comprehensive survey yet of the Washington lobbyists' life and work...A much more complete and credible analysis about the way modern Washington works emerges than in so many previous accounts. Tim Hames
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-439) and index.
About the Author
<>John P. Heinzis Distinguished Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation, and Owen L. Coon Professor of <>Law, Northwestern University.Edward O. Laumannis George Herbert Mead Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology, and Provost, <>University of Chicago.<>Robert L. Nelsonis Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation, and Associate Professor of Sociology, <>Northwestern University.<>Robert H. Salisburyis Sidney Souers Professor of American Government, <>Washington University, St. Louis.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I: Introduction
The Lawyer and the Heavyweight
The Policy Domains
Representatives and Their Clients
PART II:The Washington Representatives
The Organization of Work
The Careers of Representatives
Ideology, Colleague Networks, and Professional Autonomy
PART III: Targets of Representation
Contact with Government Institutions
The Government officials
PART IV: Consensus and Conflict
Allies and Adversaries
Elite Networks in National Policy Making
Participation and Success in Policy Decisions
Conclusion
Structure and Uncertainty in Private Interest Representation
Notes
References
Index