Table of Contents for Baumgartner, F.R. and Leech, B.L.: Basic Interests: The Importance of Groups in Politics and in Political Science.

Basic Interests:
The Importance of Groups in Politics and in Political Science
Frank R. Baumgartner & Beth L. Leech

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Ch. 1 Progress and Confusion 3
Ch. 2 Barriers to Accumulation 22
Ch. 3 The Rise and Decline of the Group Approach 44
Ch. 4 Collective Action and the New Literature on Interest Groups 64
Ch. 5 Bias and Diversity in the Interest-Group System 83
Ch. 6 The Dynamics of Bias 100
Ch. 7 Building a Literature on Lobbying, One Case Study at a Time 120
Ch. 8 Surveys of Interest-Group Activities 147
Ch. 9 Learning from Experience 168
Appendix Articles on Interest Groups Published in the American Political Science Review, 1950-1995 189
References 197
Index 217