Key concepts and ideas -- Models of influence -- The policy process -- Policymaking by regulatory agencies -- Interest-group participation, strategies, and success in the regulatory process -- Lobbying alone or collectively -- The case for neopluralism -- Evidence for the exchange model -- Building a model of lobbying -- Conclusions and implications -- Appendix: so you wanto to become a lobbyist?
Summary
What is the impact of lobbying on the policymaking process? And who benefits? This book argues that most research overlooks the lobbying of regulatory agencies even though it accounts for almost half of all lobbying - even though bureaucratic agencies have considerable leeway in how they choose to implement law
