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Tables, Figures, and Boxes 000 Preface 000 Contributors 000 1. Making the Connection: Organized Interests, Political Representation, and the Changing Rules of the Game in Washington Politics 1 Ronald G. Shaiko Part I Electoral Connection 2. Interest Groups and Campaigns: The Electoral Connection 25 Paul S. Herrnson 3. Interest Groups and Federal Campaign Finance: The Beginning of a New Era 49 Robert Biersack and Marianne H. Viray 4. Interest Groups in Congressional Elections 75 Richard J. Semiatin and Mark J. Rozell 5. Group Advocacy in the New Hampshire Presidential Primary 89 Linda L. Fowler, Constantine J. Spiliotes, and Lynn Vavreck 6. Presidential Elections: Traveling the Hard and Soft Roads to the White House 112 Stephen J. Wayne Part II Congressional Connection 7. Continuity and Change in the Congressional Connection 129 Clyde Wilcox and Dong-Young Kim 8. Musical Chairs: Interest Groups, Campaign Fund Raising, and Selection of House Committee Chairs 141 Paul R. Brewer and Christopher J. Deering 9. Making Connections to the Appropriations Process 164 Joseph White 10. The Christian Right Goes to Washington: Social Movement Resources and the Legislative Process 189 John C. Green and Nathan S. Bigelow 11. Protecting America's Workers in Hostile Territory: Unions and the Republican Congress 212 Peter L. Francia 12. Dolly Goes to Washington: Coalitions, Cloning, and Trust 229 Kevin W. Hula Part III Executive Connection 13. Lobbying the Executive Branch: Outside-In and Inside-Out Kathryn Dunn Tenpas 14. The Legal-Institutional Framework for Interest Group Participation in Federal Administrative Policymaking Suzanne J. Piotrowski and David H. Rosenbloom 15. Exploring Interest Groups Participation in Executive Policymaking 282 Scott R. Furlong 16. Who Serves Special Interests? The President, Congress, and Interest Groups 298 Paul J. Quirk and Bruce Nesmith Part IV Judicial Connection 17. Lobbying the Justices or Lobbying for Justice? The Role of Organized Interests in the Judicial Process 319 Karen O'Connor 18. Cigarettes, Firearms, and the New Litigation Wars: Smoking Guns behind the Headlines 341 Wayne V. McIntosh and Cynthia L. Cates 19. Defending the Faithful: Conservative Christian Litigation in American Politics 365 Hans J. Hacker Part V Conclusion 20. 'Only Permanent Interests': Creating and Sustaining Interest Group Connections in Changing Political Environments 000 Paul S. Herrnson, Ronald G. Shaiko, and Clyde Wilcox Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Pressure groups -- United States.
Political campaigns -- United States.
Lobbying -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-.