03491nam 2200577 a 450 991080687160332120240402132358.01-5443-5027-91-4833-4936-51-4833-0120-6(CKB)2550000001273223(CaPaEBR)ebrary10863094(SSID)ssj0001184658(PQKBManifestationID)12512344(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001184658(PQKBWorkID)11195799(PQKB)11194061(MiAaPQ)EBC1675580(OCoLC)877868592(StDuBDS)EDZ0000174437(EXLCZ)99255000000127322320131121d2013 fy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrInterest groups unleashed /editors, Paul S. Herrnson, Christopher J. Deering, Clyde Wilcox1st ed.Thousand Oaks, Calif. CQ Press20131 online resource (xiii, 285 p.) illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4522-0378-4 1-306-64013-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover -- Contents -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - A New Era of Interest Group Participation in Federal Elections -- Chapter 2 - The Voice of American Business: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the 2010 Elections -- Chapter 3 - Drugs, Doctors, and Hospitals: Campaigning Post-Health Care Reform -- Chapter 4 - More Bang for the Buck?: Defense Industry Contributions and the 2010 Elections -- Chapter 5 - Past as Prologue: The Electoral Influence of Corporations -- Chapter 6 - Onward Union Soldiers?: Organized Labor's Future in American Elections -- Chapter 7 - It Wasn't Easy Being Green in 2010: The League of Conservation Voters and the Uphill Battle to Make the Environment Matter -- Chapter 8 - Iron Law of Emulation: American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS -- Chapter 9 - Nimble Giants: How National Interest Groups Harnessed Tea Party Enthusiasm -- Chapter 10 - School of Hard Knocks: Netroots Political Associations -- Chapter 11 - Interest Groups Unleashed: Beyond the 2010 Election Cycle -- Appendix: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) -- Index.The 2010 US campaign and election was pivotal: the Republican takeover of the House, the advent of 'super PACs', and record-breaking sums spent on a midterm election. More than ever before, interest groups were able to mobilise new resources and new technologies in a shifting set of House and Senate races. This volume explores - in a series of lively case studies - a cross-section of groups, communities, and networks that vividly illustrates the 'unleashing' of interest group activity in the electoral process in response to Citizens United and other court cases and events.Pressure groupsUnited StatesHistory21st centuryElectionsUnited StatesHistory21st centuryPressure groupsHistoryElectionsHistory322.430973Herrnson Paul S.1958-884569Deering Christopher J.1951-1665006Wilcox Clyde1953-1084244StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910806871603321Interest groups unleashed4023395UNINA