This examination of lobbying communities explores how interest group populations are
constructed and how they influence politics and public policy. By examining how …

Mancur Olson's institutional sclerosishypothesis may be evident in the effects ofinterest
groups on investment in physicalcapital. To test this proposition, we usecross sectional data …

Classical pluralists, the authors of The Federalist Papers, and many modern scholars have
emphasized the critical role of the interests in shaping policies. Still, in general, deductive …

Declining participation in labor unions, the movement toward a service-based economy, and
increased globalization have cast doubt on the extent to which welfare states can continue …

Public choice has been one of the most important developments in the social sciences in the
last twenty years. However there are many people who are frustrated by the uncritical …

Since the 1980s, the US states have adopted numerous new postsecondary-education
policies, spanning the range from student-directed initiatives in merit scholarships and …

The theory of population ecology (in contrast to economic theories of groups) is used to
predict the number of interest groups in the United States. Interest-group density is a function …

This paper utilizes a survey of 595 state lobbyists and 301 state organizations to address
four questions about interest group activity in the states:(1) What techniques do groups in the …

States that were represented by very senior Democratic congressmen grew more quickly
during the 1953–1990 period than states that were represented by more junior …

This article examines variability in policy priorities across the American states; that is, the
ways that state governments allocate resources to meet societal needs. Specifically, our …