The Organization Ecology of Interest Communities Assessment and Agenda [Hardcover]

This volume summarizes the origins and development of the organization ecology approach to the study of interest representation and lobbying, and outlines an agenda for future research. Multiple authors from different countries and from different perspectives contribute their analysis of this research program.

'The Organization Ecology of Interest Communities is one of the most important books on interest group systems ever written. The papers in this excellent volume represent that work's ever-expanding impact and chart new directions for population ecology research. Every student of interest groups will need to read this volume carefully.' Richard L. Hall, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Michigan, USA

Frank R. Baumgartner, Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USAJoost Berkhout, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsJan Beyers, Professor of Political Science, University of Antwerp, and Director of the Antwerp Centre for Institutions and Multilevel Politics (ACIM), BelgiumCaelesta Braun, Assistant Professor, Free University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsTraci Burch, Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University, and Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation, USAVirginia Gray, Robert Watson Winston Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USADarren Halpin, Associate Professor and Reader in Policy Studies, and the Head of School of Sociology, at the Research School of Social Sciences, the Australian National University.Marcel Hanegraaff, Post-Doctoral Researcher of Political Science, University of Antwerp, BelgiumThomas T. Holyoke, Associate Professor of Political Science, California State University, Fresno, USAPhilip Edward Jones, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware, Ul“7