The Hollow Core - Private Interests in National Policy Making

The Hollow Core draws on interviews with more than 300 interest groups, 800 lobbyists, and 300 government officials to assess the efforts of private organizations to influence federal policy in four areas-agriculture, energy, health, and labor.

List of contents

Preface Acknowledgments PART I: Introduction The Lawyer and the Heavyweight The Policy Domains Representatives and Their Clients PART II:The Washington Representatives The Organization of Work The Careers of Representatives Ideology, Colleague Networks, and Professional Autonomy PART III: Targets of Representation Contact with Government Institutions The Government officials PART IV: Consensus and Conflict Allies and Adversaries Elite Networks in National Policy Making Participation and Success in Policy Decisions Conclusion Structure and Uncertainty in Private Interest Representation Notes References Index

About the author

John P. Heinz is Distinguished Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation, and Owen L. Coon Professor of Law, Northwestern University.Edward O. Laumann is George Herbert Mead Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology, and Provost, University of Chicago.Robert L. Nelson is Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation, and Associate Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University.Robert H. Salisbury is Sidney Souers Professor of American Government, Washington University in St. Louis.

Summary

The Hollow Core draws on interviews with more than 300 interest groups, 800 lobbyists, and 300 government officials to assess the efforts of private organizations to influence federal policy in four areas—agriculture, energy, health, and labor policy.

Product details

• Authors: John P. Heinz, Heinz John P., Edward O. Laumann, Laumann Edward O., Robert L. Nelson, Robert H. Salisbury, Salisbury Robert H.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.1997
• EAN: 9780674405264
• ISBN: 978-0-674-40526-4
• Weight: 599 g
• Illustrations: 51 line illustrations, 65 tables
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Political structure & processes, United States of America, USA, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Central / national / federal government policies, Political structure and processes, Central government policies, Pressure groups & lobbying