Research

The publications on this page are organized by topic. For a more traditional listing of my work, see my CV.

Lobbying and Interest Groups

• Analyzing Interest Groups: Group Influence on People and Policies. 2002. New York: W.W.Norton.
• Lobbying and Policymaking: The Public Pursuit of Private Interests. (With Ken Godwin and Erik Godwin). 2012. Washington DC: CQ Press.
• "Regulating Lobbyists and Interest Group Influence." 1993. Journal of Politics 55:41-56.
• "Interest Group Entrepreneurs: Entrepreneurs with Two Audiences." (With Itai Sened). 1993. American Journal of Political Science 37:834-866.
• "The Logic and Rationale of Lobbying Regulations." 1996. Congress & The Presidency 23:1-13.
• "The Role of Legislators in the Determination of Interest Group Influence in Legislatures." 1997. Legislative Studies Quarterly 22:517-534.

Lobbying and Agency Rulemaking

• Lobbying and Policymaking: The Public Pursuit of Private Interests. (With Ken Godwin and Erik Godwin). 2012. Washington DC: CQ Press.
• "We Have Met the Lobbyists and They are Us: When Governments Lobby Governments." (With Kenneth Godwin and Erik Godwin). 2015. Interest Group Politics, 9th Edition. Edited by Allan J. Cigler, Burdett A. Loomis, and Anthony Nownes. Washington DC: CQ Press.
• "Is Corporate Lobbying Rational or Just a Waste of Money?" (With Kenneth Godwin and Erik Godwin). 2006. Interest Group Politics, 7th Edition. Edited by Allan J. Cigler and Burdett A. Loomis. Washington DC: CQ Press.

Lobbying and American Political Development

• "Electoral Strength and the Emergence of Group Influence in the Late 1800s: The Grand Army of the Republic." 1995. American Politics Quarterly 23:319-338.
• "Lobbyists as Interest Group Entrepreneurs and the Mobilization of Union Veterans." 1995. American Review of Politics 16:107-129.
• "National Grange Influence on the Supreme Court Confirmation of Stanley Matthews." (With John Anthony Maltese). 1996. Social Science History 20:41-62.

Policymaking

• Abortion Politics in Congress: Strategic Incrementalism and Policy Change. (With Thad E. Hall). 2002. New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Lobbying and Policymaking: The Public Pursuit of Private Interests. 2012. With Ken Godwin and Erik Godwin. Washington DC: CQ Press.

Separation of Powers

Political Institutions