This undergraduate textbook is divided into two parts. The first part begins with a look at interest group's history and legality, and moves onto to their management and the process of advocacy. A special chapter also looks at social movements and unions, and explores how they can become interest groups over time. The second part examines the process of lobbying Congress, the Executive branch, and the underlying bureaucracy, along with the presence of interest groups in courts, and their role in elections and campaign finance. Although real examples are given throughout the book, each of the five chapters in this part also contains a case study. The provided case studies focus on the lobbying for the Financial Services Modernization Act, the Roadless Rule, a broad gun-ownership interpretation of the Constitution's Second Amendment, the 2000 Conservation and Reinvestment Act (CARA), and Republican efforts to reinvigorate the Chamber of Commerce. All of the chapters end with a summary, and the volume closes with analysis of the effectiveness and ethics of current lobbying efforts. Key terms are bold-faced throughout and the book provides a 14 page glossary. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) Read Less