Who Speaks for the Poor: National Interest Groups and Social Policy [Paperback]

This book addresses the central question of how the interests of the poor gain representation in the political process by examining the interest group system.

1. Introduction; 2. Interest Groups in American Politics; 3. Poverty and Political Action; 4. Interest Groups in Social Policy; 5. Interest Groups and the Policy Process; 6. Mobilizing the Poor

Hay's project provides much-needed insights into the configuration of organizations that testified on key pieces of legislation during a critical era in the history of American social welfare policy. -- Douglas R. Imig, University of Memphis, for the American Political Science Review
This book should be mandatory reading for all advocates attempting to affect public policy on behalf of the poor.
Ralph Da Costa Nunez, Institute for Children and Poverty
Political Science Quarterly. US? 2001 by R.Allen Hays