Lobbying and society: a political sociology of interest groups

Cover -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Social Orientation to Interest Groups and Political Life -- Case study: From AUMF to the national security state -- Notes -- 1. Interests and Groups -- Case study: The interests of oil -- Case study: A boycott in Montgomery -- Case study: A tea party from the ground up or top down? -- Notes -- 2. Power, Access, and Influence -- Case study: Sugar research -- Notes -- 3. Interest Groups as Intermediaries between Nation- States and Citizens -- Case study: "Gimme five" and the principal-agent problem -- Case study: The revolving door of the opioid epidemic -- Notes -- 4. Inequality and Interest Groups -- Case study: The Matthew Effect -- Notes -- 5. Interest Group Politics in a Global Context -- Case study: Public relations for the Kremlin -- Case study: Global labor activism and sports apparel -- Notes -- 6. New Directions in the Study of Lobbyists and Interest Groups -- Notes -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement