LEADER 03491nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910806871603321 005 20240402132358.0 010 $a1-5443-5027-9 010 $a1-4833-4936-5 010 $a1-4833-0120-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000001273223 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10863094 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001184658 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12512344 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001184658 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11195799 035 $a(PQKB)11194061 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1675580 035 $a(OCoLC)877868592 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000174437 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001273223 100 $a20131121d2013 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aInterest groups unleashed /$feditors, Paul S. Herrnson, Christopher J. Deering, Clyde Wilcox 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aThousand Oaks, Calif. $cCQ Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 285 p.) $cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-4522-0378-4 311 $a1-306-64013-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- 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. 330 8 $aThe 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. 606 $aPressure groups$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aElections$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 615 0$aPressure groups$xHistory 615 0$aElections$xHistory 676 $a322.430973 701 $aHerrnson$b Paul S.$f1958-$0884569 701 $aDeering$b Christopher J.$f1951-$01665006 701 $aWilcox$b Clyde$f1953-$01084244 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806871603321 996 $aInterest groups unleashed$94023395 997 $aUNINA