Linking Citizens to Government: Interest Group Politics at Common CauseCambridge University Press, 31. juli 1992 - 306 sider Lawrence Rothenberg examines some of the most elusive aspects of interest group operations through an in-depth study of one of the largest interest groups in Washington, Common Cause. In developing what might be called a membership theory, he asks such questions as: Why do members join a group? Who stays and who leaves and why? What is the nature of the relationships among the activists, the group leaders and the rank-and-file members? How do these relationships shape the lobbying policies of the group? How is the lobbying impact of a group related to the nature of its membership? In addition, Rothenberg analyzes the impact the lobbying efforts of Common Cause have had through case studies of the Congressional vote on the MX missile system and of the agenda setting behind the campaign finance reform bill. |
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Organized groups and the political system | 1 |
MOVING AHEAD | 4 |
COMMON CAUSE | 7 |
SOME CAVEATS | 12 |
STRUCTURE OF THE ANALYSIS | 13 |
A unified framework for understanding citizens decision making A theory of experiential search | 15 |
MEMBERS DECISION MAKING | 17 |
A THEORY OF EXPERIENTIAL SEARCH | 21 |
ACTIVISM AND RETENTION AS A JOINT COMMITMENT DECISION | 152 |
MOVING UP | 156 |
The internal politics of organizations III Leadership behavior and the determinants of group goals | 158 |
DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AT COMMON CAUSE | 160 |
MEMBERS ATTITUDES TOWARD REPRESENTATION | 166 |
SHIFTING THE ISSUE AGENDA | 169 |
THE MX MISSILE DEBATE | 171 |
COMMON CAUSE VERSUS MX | 173 |
COMMON CAUSE AND EXPERIENTIAL SEARCH | 24 |
EXPERIENTIAL SEARCH AS A UNIFIED FRAMEWORK | 28 |
Who contributes? | 29 |
COMMON CAUSE MEMBERS AND THE NATIONAL CITIZENRY | 30 |
ACTIVISTS VERSUS RANK AND FILE | 43 |
GROUP MEMBERS EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL COMPARISONS | 56 |
Appendix 31 Question wording of Common Cause and National Election Study questions | 58 |
Why do citizens join groups? | 63 |
STUDYING THE MEMBERSHIP CHOICE | 64 |
WHY MEMBERS THINK THEY JOINED | 66 |
AN INDIVIDUALLEVEL ANALYSIS | 69 |
AN AGGREGATELEVEL REPLICATION | 82 |
CHOOSING AMONG PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS | 86 |
THE DETERMINANTS OF MEMBERSHIP | 93 |
Appendix 41 Critique of Kau and Rubin | 95 |
Appendix 42 Formal presentation of WESML estimator | 99 |
The internal politics of organizations I Learning and retention | 100 |
DO MEMBERS LEARN? | 102 |
EXPLORING THE RETENTION PROCESS | 108 |
A VALIDITY CHECK | 120 |
LEARNING THE RETENTION CHOICE AND EXPERIENTIAL SEARCH | 123 |
Appendix 51 Testing the retention model | 124 |
The internal politics of organizations II Activism | 127 |
CHECKBOOK VERSUS TEMPORAL ACTIVISM | 128 |
CHECKBOOK ACTIVISM AND ITS DETERMINANTS | 130 |
AN INTRODUCTION | 134 |
ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS | 136 |
THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF COMMON CAUSE ACTIVISM | 137 |
ACTIVISM AND COMMON CAUSE | 139 |
A VALIDITY TEST | 151 |
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS | 176 |
COMMON CAUSE GOAL FORMATION AND THE MX MISSILE | 180 |
THE POLITICS OF ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS | 186 |
LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR AND GOAL FORMATION | 187 |
Does group activity make a difference? The case of the MX missile | 190 |
LOBBYING STRATEGY AND VOTING BEHAVIOR | 194 |
THE BATTLE FOR THE PEACEKEEPER | 196 |
THE ROLE OF THE MXS OPPONENTS | 202 |
DOES LOBBYING MAKE A DIFFERENCE? | 203 |
THE STRUCTURAL DETERMINANTS OF LOBBYING | 215 |
VOTING LOBBYING AND PUBLIC POLICY | 221 |
Does group activity make a difference? The politics of campaign finance | 223 |
CAMPAIGN FINANCE THE MX AND COMMON CAUSE | 224 |
CHARTING THE DIVISIONS | 229 |
EVENTS OF 19851991 | 234 |
BOREN AND BYRD | 235 |
THE PUSH FOR PAC REFORM | 237 |
BYRD JOINS THE FRAY | 241 |
LIFE AFTER BYRD | 244 |
COMMON CAUSE AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM | 247 |
COALITION FORMATION AND GROUP INFLUENCE | 252 |
Conclusions Citizens preferences internal politics and public policy | 255 |
INDIVIDUAL CHOICE INTERNAL POLITICS AND SYSTEMIC INFLUENCE | 256 |
THE BIG PICTURE | 262 |
SOME FINAL THOUGHTS | 266 |
Notes | 267 |
References | 293 |
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