Comparative studies of policy agendas
In: Journal of European public policy 13,7
In: Special issue (2006)
In: Journal of European public policy 13,7
In: Special issue (2006)
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In: American political science review, Band 100, Heft 4, S. 672-672
ISSN: 1537-5943
In this Top Twenty Commentaries section of the Centennial Issues of the journal, the author reviews the highly cited article Diffusion of Innovations Among the American States(1969) by Jack L. Walker. A personal narrative traces the relationship of the reviewer to Jack Walker, Walkers combative & provocative Critique of the Elitist Theory, & Origins & Maintenance that aimed at group mobilization. The article Diffusion is asserted to have launched an entirely new field of research, & attracted considerable attention from other disciplines. The later concern with "knowledge communities" is exemplified as typical of his approach to political science. Walker's unique creativity is related to his assignment to supervise an internship in the state capital, giving him time between meetings to develop an entirely new research paradigm, & the loss to the discipline by the car crash is acknowledged. References. J. Harwell
In: American political science review, Band 100, Heft 4, S. 672
ISSN: 0003-0554
In: American political science review, Band 100, Heft 4, S. 672
ISSN: 1537-5943
In: Canadian journal of political science: CJPS = Revue canadienne de science politique : RCSP, Band 37, Heft 2, S. 444-445
ISSN: 0008-4239
In: French politics, culture and society, Band 18, Heft 2, S. 130-132
ISSN: 1537-6370, 0882-1267
A generation ago, scholars saw interest groups as the single most important element in the American political system. Today, political scientists are more likely to see groups as a marginal influence compared to institutions such as Congress, the presidency, and the judiciary. Frank Baumgartner and Beth Leech show that scholars have veered from one extreme to another not because of changes in the political system, but because of changes in political science. They review hundreds of books and articles about interest groups from the 1940s to today; examine the methodological and conceptual probl
In: Policy studies journal: an international journal of public policy, Band 32, Heft 1, S. 1-24
ISSN: 0190-292X
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 63, Heft 4, S. 1191-1213
ISSN: 0022-3816
Using data from more than 19,000 reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, we analyze the distribution of lobbying on a random sample of 137 issues & find a tremendous skewness. The median issue involved only 15 interest groups, whereas 8 of the issues involved more than 300 interest groups. The top 5% of the issues accounted for more than 45% of the lobbying, whereas the bottom 50% of the issues accounted for less than 3% of the total. This distribution makes generalizations about interest group conflict difficult & helps explain why many scholars have disagreed about the abilities of lobbyists to get what they want. We also confirm & expand upon previous findings regarding the tremendous predominance of business firms in the Washington lobbying population. 6 Tables, 3 Figures, 1 Appendix, 21 References. Adapted from the source document.
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 63, Heft 4, S. 1191-1213
ISSN: 0022-3816
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 63, Heft 4, S. 1191-1213
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: Journal of European public policy, Band 13, Heft 7, S. 1086-1103
ISSN: 1466-4429
In: Journal of European public policy, Band 13, Heft 7, S. 1086-1103
ISSN: 1350-1763