{"product_id":"the-peoples-lobby-elisabeth-s-clemens-9780226109930","title":"The People's Lobby: Organizational Innovation and the Rise of Interest Group Politics in the United States, 1890-1925","description":"In this pathbreaking work, Elisabeth S. Clemens recovers the social origins of interest group politics in the United States. Between 1890 and 1925, a system centered on elections and party organizations was partially transformed by increasingly prominent legislative and administrative policy-making as well as the insistent participation of non-partisan organizations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClemens sheds new light on how farmers, workers, and women invented strategies to circumvent the parties. Voters learned to monitor legislative processes, to hold their representatives accountable at the polls, and to institutionalize their ongoing participation in shaping policy. Closely analyzing the organizational politics in three states--California, Washington, and Wisconsin--she demonstrates how the political opportunity structure of federalism allowed regional innovations to exert leverage on national political institutions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn authoritative statement on the changes in American politics during the Progressive Era, this book will interest political scientists, sociologists, and American historians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elisabeth S. Clemens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226109933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226109930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 6.03w x 1.06d","brand":"Elisabeth S. Clemens","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056652087551,"sku":"9780226109930","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_447b3ac0-50e0-45d2-8ee6-72e303d7e30f.jpg?v=1685042511","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-peoples-lobby-elisabeth-s-clemens-9780226109930","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}