Although'grassroots' conjures up images of independent citizen organizing, much mass
participation today is sponsored by elite consultants working for corporations and powerful …

This article examines the way in which the news media frame public policy issues and the
extent to which other political players (eg, interest groups, politicians) influence this issue …

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 …

Democracy and Interest Groups assesses the contribution that interest groups make to the
democratic involvement of citizens and the generation of social capital. The authors draw on …

This article highlights the shifting boundaries between the public and private spheres in
advanced capitalist societies through an examination of grassroots lobbying firms. These …

Speaking for Patients and Carers draws on original research and is based on a theoretical
framework taken from sociology and politics. It examines health consumer groups in the …

This article examines the relative media visibility of expertise from a sample of fifty-one
public policy think tanks in six national newspapers between 1991 and 1998. We consider …

Zusammenfassung Der Interessenverband als Typus politischer Organisation hat in
Deutschland ebenso wie in vielen anderen westlichen Gesellschaften eine einzigartige …

Americans rail against so-called special interests but at the same time many members of
society are themselves represented in one form or another by organized groups trying to …

Business scholars pay increasing attention to the expanded influence of stakeholders on
firm strategies, legitimacy, and competitiveness. At the same time, analysts have noted that …