Interest Group Politics

nature of interest group politics, 1-33.

In the introduction to a new edition of their book, Loomis and Cigler state that "organized interests have proliferated over the last 20 years, and the trend toward increased representation of all kinds of interests continues" (p. 1). This establishes the context in which Loomis and Cigler (p. 2) discuss the formation, nature, activities, and impact of special interest groups on the American political system. The authors (p. 2) do make note of the fact that interest groups have long been a fixture in American political life and that the forefathers were well aware of the potential for discord due to factions and their pursuit of influence and power.

This chapter begins with a listing of the important trends or changes in modern interest group politics. Among these trends are a great proliferation of such groups since the early 1960s, centralizat

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