Last week we talked about special interest groups, but why have them in the first place? So last week we talked about what special interest groups are and how they influence the political system ...

Political interest groups having greater influence on criminal justice leaders, law expert says ‘We need to make sure that we’re punishing criminals and that we’re effectively removing them ...

Each of four theoretical traditions in the study of American politics—which can be characterized as theories of Majoritarian Electoral Democracy, Economic-Elite Domination, and two types of ...

We propose a theory of political parties in which interest groups and activists are the key actors, and coalitions of groups develop common agendas and screen candidates for party nominations based on ...