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New Directions in Interest Group Politics

Reflecting cutting edge scholarship but written for undergraduates, New Directions in Interest Group Politics will help students think critically about influence in the American political system. This volume, comprised of original essays by leading scholars, is designed to summarize and explain contemporary research that helps address popular questions and concerns, making studies accessible to undergraduate students and providing facts to buttress informed debate.

The book covers interest group mobilization and influence. Rather than simply providing a descriptive overview, the chapters are designed to foster critical thinking by getting students to assess the role of interest groups in the American political system and supplying evidence of their effects. The book covers hot topics like the role of SuperPACs in the 2012 elections and interest group use of online social networks as well as perennial questions like when money buys votes in Congress and whether interest groups increase inequality.

Importantly, a set of web resources associated with the book offer instructions for research and writing assignments. Students will be able to collect and analyze data on campaign finance, lobbying, and interest group involvement in governance. The eResource website includes materials for several classroom simulations, such as an interest group legislative battle, a Netroots convention, and a rule-making process. As they read about key questions in democratic government and current research trends, students can practice serving as interest group activists and conduct original research on the topics that most interest them.

Matt Grossmann is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Michigan State University and Director of the Michigan Policy Network. He is the author of The Not-So-Special Interests: Interest Groups, Public Representation, and American Governance (Stanford University Press, 2012) and co-author of Campaigns & Elections: Rules, Reality, Strategy, Choice (Norton, 2011). His research appears in the Journal of Politics, American Politics Research, and twelve other journals. His next book, Artists of the Possible: Governing Networks and American Policy Change Since 1945 will be published by Oxford University Press. More information is available at www.mattg.org.

New Directions in American Politics

The Routledge series New Directions in American Politics is composed of contributed volumes covering key areas of study in the field of American politics and government. Each title provides a state-of-the-art overview of current trends in its respective subfield, with an eye toward cutting edge research accessible to advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. While the volumes touch on the main topics of relevant study, they are not meant to cover the nuts and bolts of the subject. Rather, they engage readers in the most recent scholarship, real-world controversies, and theoretical debates with the aim of getting students excited about the same issues that animate scholars.

Titles in the Series:

New Directions in American Political Parties

Edited by Jeffrey M. Stonecash

New Directions in the American Presidency

Edited by Lori Cox Han

New Directions in Campaigns and Elections

Edited by Stephen K. Medvic

New Directions in Congressional Politics

Edited by Jamie Carson

New Directions in Public Opinion

Edited by Adam Berinsky

New Directions in Judicial Politics

Edited by Kevin McGuire

New Directions in Media and Politics

Edited by Travis Ridout

New Directions in American Politics

Edited by Raymond J. La Raja

New Directions in Interest Group Politics

Edited by Matt Grossmann

New Directions in Interest Group Politics

Edited by

Matt Grossmann

For assignments and simulations on interest group politics, please visit the eResource website at

http://www.routledge.com/9780415827553

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

New Directions in Interest Group Politics / edited by Matt Grossmann.

pages cm. (New Directions in American Politics)

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Pressure groupsUnited StatesHistory21st century. 2. LobbyingUnited StatesHistory21st century. 3. Political action committeesUnited StatesHistory21st century. I. Grossmann, Matthew, editor.

JF529.N49 2013

322.430973dc23

2013019502

ISBN: 978-0-415-82753-9 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-0-415-82755-3 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-0-203-52258-5 (ebk)

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