DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans uncovers the truth about how corporations have bought the American electoral and legislative process through the power of lobbyists, campaign contributions, and political action committees. Using historical details, such as the development of the two-…
DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans uncovers the truth about how corporations have bought the American electoral and legislative process through the power of lobbyists, campaign contributions, and political action committees. Using historical details, such as the development of the two-…
Interest Group Politics' presents a comprehensive collection of articles on interest groups and lobbying. The authors provide a theoretical overview of the subject, and address groups as organisations, as coalitions, as electoral actors, and as lobbying entities, broadly conceiv…
"This book deals with the current, as yet unsolved, problem of transparency of lobbying. In the current theories and prevalent models that deal with lobbying activities, there is no reflection of the degree of transparency of lobbying, mainly due to the unclear distinction betwe…
This book deals with the current, as yet unsolved, problem of transparency of lobbying. In the current theories and prevalent models that deal with lobbying activities, there is no reflection of the degree of transparency of lobbying, mainly due to the unclear distinction betwee…
The purpose of this study was to expand the research concerning Illinois School Superintendents’ perceptions of the importance of understanding, responding to and influencing the political context of schools in Illinois. The overarching research question for this study asked: Wh…
This dissertation is a comprehensive study of the influence of lobbying on the foreign policy of the United States. The Saudi Arabian lobbying effort to purchase the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft from the United States in 1981 has been selected as a case s…
This study examines how Political Entrepreneurs in the United States Congress responded to human rights abuses in six countries during the 1970s and 1980s: Cambodia, El Salvador, South Africa, the Soviet Union, Taiwan, and Uganda. It presents a four-point model for approaching t…
This dissertation explores the intricate workings of power and interests in Turkey's bid to accede to the European Union. Anthropological studies of supranationalism and regional integration models accounted for the ways in which the growing regionalism in the world since the 19…
In much of the political science literature, lobbying is conceptualized as a strategic attempt to influence policy. Policy actors are seen as independent agents competing to achieve policy outcomes that closely resemble their preferences. This understanding of policymaking has a…
This dissertation addresses a basic question of nonviolent, state-society interaction in the developing world: under what conditions do nascent civil associations in non-democratic or semi-democratic contexts successfully lobby the state yet maintain their autonomy and avoid coo…
"How do interstate actors negotiate their interests? What do 'common interests' look like from their historically and culturally contingent perspectives? What happens when actors work for their private, professional, public, personal or institutional interests, even when those i…
How do interstate actors negotiate their interests? What do 'common interests' look like from their historically and culturally contingent perspectives? What happens when actors work for their private, professional, public, personal or institutional interests, even when those in…
"Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals, Third Edition focuses on the idea that all healthcare providers require a fundamental understanding of the healthcare system including but not limited to knowledge required to practice their discipline. The text dis…
"Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals, Third Edition focuses on the idea that all healthcare providers require a fundamental understanding of the healthcare system including but not limited to knowledge required to practice their discipline. The text dis…
