Department of Political Science, Rutgers University | 89 George Street | New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Books
Meeting at Grand Central: Understanding the Social and Evolutionary Roots of Cooperation. Princeton University Press, 2013. With Lee Cronk.
Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why. Chicago University Press, 2009. With Frank R. Baumgartner, Jeffrey M. Berry, Marie Hojnacki, and David C. Kimball. Winner of the Leon D. Epstein Outstanding Book Award from the Political Organizations and Parties section, American Political Science Association.
Basic Interests: The Importance of Groups in Politics and Political Science. Princeton University Press, 1998. With Frank R. Baumgartner.
Journal Articles
"Controverting Expectations: How Lobbying Affects Public Policy." Election Law Journal 13(2014): 194-209. With Frank R. Baumgartner, Jeffrey M. Berry, Marie Hojnacki, and David C. Kimball.
"Studying Organizational Advocacy and Influence: Reexamining Interest Group Research." Annual Review of Political Science 15(2012): 379-99. With Frank R. Baumgartner, Jeffrey M. Berry, Marie Hojnacki, and David C. Kimball.
"Who Cares About the Lobbying Agenda?" Interest Groups and Advocacy 1(2012): 1-21. With Frank R. Baumgartner, Jeffrey M. Berry, Marie Hojnacki, and David C. Kimball.
"Congressional and Presidential Effects on the Demand for Lobbying." Political Research Quarterly 64(2011): 3-16. With Frank R. Baumgartner, Heather A. Larsen-Price and Paul Rutledge.
"Funding Faction or Buying Silence? Grants, Contracts, and Interest Group Lobbying Behavior." Policy Studies Journal 34(2006): 17-36.
"Drawing Lobbyists to Washington: Government Activity and the Demand for Advocacy." Political Research Quarterly 58(2005): 19-30. With Frank R. Baumgartner, Timothy La Pira, and Nicholas Semanko.
"Asking Questions: Techniques for Semi-structured Interviews." PS: Political Science and Politics 35(2002): 663-68. Reprinted in Interpretive Political Science, Mark Bevir, ed. Sage Publications, 2010.
"Interest Niches and Policy Bandwagons: Patterns of Interest Group Involvement in National Politics." The Journal of Politics 63(2001): 1191-1213. With Frank R. Baumgartner.
"The Multiple Ambiguities of 'Counteractive Lobbying'." American Journal of Political Science 40(1996): 521-42. With Frank R. Baumgartner.
"Good Theories Deserve Good Data." American Journal of Political Science 40(1996): 565-69. With Frank R. Baumgartner.
Chapters in Books
"The Growth of Government and the Expansion of Organized Interests." In Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying, Burdett Loomis, ed. Congressional Quarterly Press, 2012.
"Lobbying." In the Oxford Handbook of Congress, Frances Lee and Eric Schickler, eds., pp. 598-617. Oxford University Press, 2011.
"Lobbying and Influence." In the Oxford Handbook of American Political Parties and Interest Groups, Jeffrey M. Berry and Sandy Maisel, eds., pp. 534-551. Oxford University Press, 2010.
"The Origins, Organization, Maintenance, and Mortality of Interest Groups." In A Research Guide to U.S. and International Interest Groups, Clive S. Thomas, ed., pp. 95-108. Praeger, 2004. With Frank R. Baumgartner.
"Organized Interests and Issue Definition in Policy Debates." In Interest Group Politics, 6th ed., Allan J. Cigler and Burdett A. Loomis, eds., pp.275-92. Congressional Quarterly Press, 2002. With Frank R. Baumgartner, Jeffrey M. Berry, Marie Hojnacki, and David C. Kimball.
"Lobbying Friends and Foes in Government." In Interest Group Politics, 5th ed., Allan J. Cigler and Burdett A. Loomis, eds., pp. 217-33. CQ Press, 1998. With Frank R. Baumgartner.
"Media Attention and Congressional Agendas." In Does the Media Govern?, S. Iyengar and R. Reeves, eds., pp. 355-69. Sage, 1997. With Frank R. Baumgartner and Bryan D. Jones.
Other Scholarly Publications
"Interest Group System, 1976-present." In the Encyclopedia of U.S. History. Richard Valelly, ed. Congressional Quarterly Press, 2009. With Johanna Dobrich.
"Interviewing Methods in Political Science." VOX POP 19-2 (2001): 1-3.
"Studying Interest Groups Using Lobbying Disclosure Reports." VOX POP 17-3 (1999): 1-3. With Frank R. Baumgartner.
Book Reviews
Interest Groups, Lobbying, and Participation in America, by Kenneth M. Goldstein. American Political Science Review 96 (2002): 209-10.
Outside Lobbying: Public Opinion and Interest Group Strategies, by Ken Kollman. In The Journal of Politics 62 (2000): 943-45.