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OverviewCritics of the policy-making process argue that private interest groups exert too much influence on the decisions of government, but only rarely has this proposition been examined systematically. 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John P. Heinz , Edward O. Laumann , Robert L. Nelson , Robert H. SalisburyPublisher: Harvard University Press Imprint: Harvard University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.599kg ISBN: 9780674405264ISBN 10: 0674405269 Pages: 448 Publication Date: 15 September 1997 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThe Hollow Core is by far the most comprehensive survey yet of the Washington lobbyists' life and work... A much more complete and credible analysis about the way modern Washington works emerges than in so many previous accounts. -- Tim Hames * Financial Times * The most thorough and masterly treatment ever delivered of the role of private interests in national policy making. The Hollow Core will constitute the solid center of research in this field for years to come. It teaches us much, not only about private interests but also about policy making. -- John T. Tierney * Political Science Quarterly * A monumental piece of empirical research that will be required reading for anyone concerned with interest group representation in the United States. -- Paul A. Sabatier * American Journal of Sociology * [The Hollow Core] reports on interest groups and their representatives in the grand tradition of American social and behavioral science, theoretically driven and empirically grounded-a work of major, well-executed research by a superb team of investigators. -- Heinz Eulau, Stanford University The Hollow Core is a rigorous, path-breaking study of the structure of influence in Washington politics. It is the first work to offer abundant data and sophisticated comparative analysis of issue networks in the policy-making process. This is an absolutely superb book that will be read for years and years to come. -- Jeffrey M. Berry, Tufts University This is an important study of that crucial but poorly understood group of men and women, Washington representatives, or as they are better known, lobbyists. The authors have put together an enormous amount of fresh data and explored areas of law and politics that have been sadly neglected in the past. It is a monumental effort, and I feel sure that it will be cited with respect and attention for many years to come. -- Lawrence M. Friedman, Stanford Law School At a time when Americans have grown more concerned than ever about the power of 'special' interests in Washington, The Hollow Core delivers the most comprehensive empirical study ever accomplished of lobbyists, their clients, their contracts, their networks, and their accomplishments. The authors' conclusions, generated from a highly sophisticated analysis of hundreds of personal interviews, are sure to surprise anyone wedded to conventional wisdoms. This book will long dominate the study of influence in America. -- Mark A. Peterson, Harvard University The most thorough and masterly treatment ever delivered of the role of private interests in national policy making. The Hollow Core will constitute the solid center of research in this field for years to come. It teaches us much, not only about private interests but also about policy making. -- John T. Tierney Political Science Quarterly The most thorough and masterly treatment ever delivered of the role of private interests in national policy making. The Hollow Core will constitute the solid center of research in this field for years to come. It teaches us much, not only about private interests but also about policy making.--John T. Tierney Political Science Quarterly Author InformationJohn 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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