Interest Groups Unleashed

by Paul S. Herrnson (editor), Stacey L. Joyner (Editor), Clyde Wilcox (Editor)

New scholarship for a new paradigm in interest groups politics… The 2010 campaign and election was the Republican takeover of the House, the advent of "super PACs," and record-breaking sums spent on a midterm election. More than ever before, interest groups were able to mobilize new resources and new technologies in a shifting set of House and Senate races. This timely volume explores—in a series of lively case studies—a cross-section of groups, communities, and networks that vividly illustrates the "unleashing" of interest group activity in the electoral process in response to Citizens United and other court cases and events.

297 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012