Stealth Lobbying: Interest Group Influence and Health Care Reform - Couverture rigide

McKay, Amy Melissa

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1009188941 ISBN 13 : 9781009188944

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2022

Synopsis

Politicians and lobbyists have incentives to conceal any quid pro quo relationships between them, leaving scholars largely unable to link campaign money to legislative votes. Using behind-the-scenes information gained from novel data sources such as legislators' schedules, fundraising events, legislative amendments, and the campaign contributions of individual lobbyists and the political action committees these lobbyists control, Amy McKay instead investigates how lobbyists influence the content of congressional legislation. The data reveal hidden relationships between lobbyists' campaign assistance and legislators' action on behalf of those lobbyists. Relative to constituents and even average lobbyists, the lobbyists who provide campaign money to members of Congress are more likely to secure meetings with those members, to see their requests introduced as legislation, and to achieve a larger portion of their legislative goals adopted into law. These findings raise important normative concerns about the ability of some to use money to co-opt the democratic process.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Amy Melissa McKay is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Exeter.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1009188941
• ISBN 13: 9781009188944
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 230
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie