Abstract ''Revolving‐door” lobbyists are individuals who transition from governmental
positions into lobbying for private entities. Such lobbyists thrive on the insider connections …

State preemption of local policymaking has attracted increasing attention from scholars,
public officials, and citizens, as states have prevented local governments from boosting the …

In a political environment characterized by intense urban-rural polarization and growing
hostility between cities and state legislatures, When Cities Lobby explores how local officials …

This article reviews the literature featuring quantitative interest group research at the
national and subnational level in the United States. We direct scholars to existing resources …

Research on the activities and influence of interest groups in state legislatures faces a data
problem: we are missing a comprehensive, systematic dataset of interest groups' policy …

Existing data sets on state interest group systems tend to be either cross-sectional
(observations for only 1 year) or panel-style (observations of 2 years about a decade apart) …

Laws that restrict and disclose the actions of lobbyists are attempts to protect elected officials
from undue influence and preserve public trust in lawmaking processes. Imposing too many …

In recent years, gender-variant people—including those we now call transgender people—
have won public policy victories that had previously seemed unwinnable: the American …

Across the United States over time, numbers of registered interest groups have continued to
increase, but these populations mask the total amount of lobbying that is occurring within …

This study examines how ideological polarization and corruption jointly impact MNEs'
lobbying decision-making. Building on resource dependence theory, we argue that the …