The Business Of America Is Lobbying

The Business Of America Is Lobbying How Corporations Became “the business of america is lobbying” is a book about what lobbying involves and how it operates. research fellow, professor with a ph.d. in political science, lee drutman takes a professional approach and argues quite convincingly that corporate lobbying has reached its current persuasive position largely because lobbying has its own. But the growth of lobbying has driven several important changes that make business more powerful. among these include that the status quo is harder to dislodge; policy is more complex; and, as congress increasingly becomes a farm league for k street, more and more of washington’s policy expertise now resides in the private sector.

The Business Of America Is Lobbying How Corporations Became Drawing on extensive data and original interviews with corporate lobbyists, the business of america is lobbying provides a fascinating and detailed picture of what corporations do in washington, why they do it, and why it matters. prior to the 1970s, very few corporations had washington offices. but a wave of new government regulations and. Business and politics united states, corporations political activity united states, lobbying united states publisher oxford ; new york, ny : oxford university press collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled; inlibrary contributor internet archive language english item size 874.1m. Lee drutman is a senior fellow in the program on political reform at new america. an expert on lobbying, influence, and money in politics, he has been quoted and or cited in the new york times, the washington post, the economist, slate, mother jones, vox, politico, and many other publications, and on morning edition, all things considered, planet money, this american life, marketplace. “the business of america is lobbying” is a book about what lobbying involves and how it operates. research fellow, professor with a ph.d. in political science, lee drutman takes a professional approach and argues quite convincingly that corporate lobbying has reached its current persuasive position largely because lobbying has its own.