The food industry is often described as having more power and influence in nutrition
policymaking than nutrition professionals, scientists and other practitioners working for the …

Traditional scholarship on political engagement has emphasised political parties, interest
groups and social movements as ways to influence public policy. This paper highlights the …

Abstract Social Network Analysis (SNA) conceptualizes a policy-making process as a
network of actors. It can assess if an interest group (IGs) occupies a leading central position …

Interest groups struggle to build reputations as influential actors in the policy process and to
discern the influence exercised by others. This study conceptualizes influence reputation as …

Party in the Street explores the interaction between political parties and social movements in
the United States. Examining the collapse of the post-9/11 antiwar movement against the …

One of the most important demonstrations of power in Washington is the ability to recruit
sitting government officials to become active proponents of one's position. Many have …

Credit is the lifeblood of capitalism and development. Brazil, Russia, India, and China-also
called BRICs-have become important creditors to developing countries. However, how will …

What explains variation in the tactical choices of non-governmental organizations (NGOs)?
This article uses network autocorrelation models to establish how the tactical choices of …

For decades, critics of pluralism have argued that the American interest group system
exhibits a significantly biased distribution of policy preferences. We evaluate this argument …

How do advocates for the poor gain influence in American policymaking? Strange
Bedfellows argues that groups representing low-income populations compensate for a lack …