Interest Group Politics has been and will continue to be the leading (essentially only) comprehensive collection of articles on interest groups and lobbying. The authors provide a theoretical overview of the subject, and address groups as organizations, as coalitions, as electoral actors, and as lobbying entities, broadly conceived.

IntroductionPrefacePart One. Group Dynamics and Elections1. Burdett Loomis, The Trump Effect: The American Civil Liberties Union Maximizes a Windfall2. Jay Goodliffe and Kelly D. Patterson, The NRA: Seeking Stability in an Era of Policy Competitors3. Anthony Nownes, The Formation and Survival of Transgender Rights Interest Groups in the United States4. Paul A. Djupe, Religion in the Trump Era: The End to Religious Influence or the Beginning?5. Jennifer Jensen, Regional Governors Associations and Understanding Interest Group Organizational Change6. Michael Franz, The Old and the New: Political Advertising by Outside Groups on Television and OnlinePart Two. Groups, Lobbying and Policy Outcomes7. Thomas T. Holyoke and Heath Brown, Contested Framing and Feedback after Big Policy Change: How Interest Groups Compete to Shape Charter School Policies8. Matthew Grossman, Interest Group Positions, Representation, and Policy Outcomes9. Timothy M. LaPira and Herschel F. Thomas, How Big a Political Footprint? Interest Groups as Influence Enterprise10. Scott H. Ainsworth and James E. Monogan, Hedging Bets: Lobbying as Insurance for Business11. Darren Halpin, Interest Group Policy Positions and Priorities12. Adam J. Newmark, Regulating Lobbying in the United States13. Kellen A. Kane, Rebecca J. Kreitzer, and Emily Schilling, Interest Groups and Setting the Abortion Agenda14. Conor McGrath, President Obama's Regulation of Lobbying and Lobbyists: Great Expectations, Promise(s) UnfulfilledConclusion.15. Anthony Nownes with Burdett Loomis, Lobbying and the Balance of Power in American PoliticsAbout the ContributorsIndex