pressure groups

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that offer profiles of 150 special interest groups, covering organizations that attempt to influence public policy as it relates to agriculture, animal rights, business and trade, civil rights, environmental protection, labor, religion, and other issues.

Profiles nearly two hundred interest groups, describing their history, activities, agenda, and financial facts, and presents tables and figures showing the donation totals of political action committees and the lobbying expenses of various groups in 1997 and 1998. Also includes a glossary, a bibliography, and contact information for approximately 180 interest groups.

Examines Washington politics and government officials who have cracked the system.

Reveals that the problem with American government is its inability to make things work and solve problems, offering a program for change.

Discusses how interest groups have influenced American politics and explains how they can help control the outcome of political elections, including the presidential race.

Profiles more than 250 of America's most influential public advocacy groups, with assessments of group effectiveness, group political orientation, contact information, mission statements, membership information, publication lists, current concerns, and methods of advocacy.

A collection of essays that discuss the formation, organization, and interests of many political groups in the United States.

Primary source documents, biographical sketches, easy-to-understand graphs and charts, time lines, and a glossary help describe the link between political parties, interest groups, and the media in the United States.

Contains twelve essays that provide varying perspectives on political activism, discussing government support through funding and policy, grassroots organizations, outsourced, Internet, and student activism, and other topics, and including contact information for organizations and a bibliography.