ABOUT THIS BOOK

Interest and Institutions is a collection of essays written by distinguished political scientist Robert Salsibury, a leading analyst of interest group politics. He offers his theories on the workings and influence of groups, organizations, and individuals in many different areas of American politics.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Robert H. Salisbury, professor emeritus of political science, was the first Sidney W. Souers Professor of American Government at Washington University.

REVIEWS

“Robert Salisbury's Interests and Institutions offers the reader a perspective on an important intellectual trend in political science: . . . often called the 'New Institutionalism,' [it] focuses on ways in which the internal organization of political institutions affects policy decisions and other political outcomes.”
—Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

“This book is a fine example of an empirical political science that works to reveal American politics from the local community to the national level.”
—Key Reporter

“This volume will aid the newcomer to Salisbury's excellent work, in that most of his theoretical essays are here; it will also provide, in a one-volume format, the seasoned researcher with a schematic of the development of his thought as it evolved.”
—American Political Science Society Newsletter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

Introduction

I. Interest Group Theory

1. An Exchange Theory of Interest Groups

2. Interest Representation: The Dominance of Institutions

3. Political Movements in American Politics: An Essay on Concept and Analysis

4. Interest Advocacy and Interest Representation

II. Macropolitical Analyses

5. A Theory of Policy Analysis and Some Preliminary Applications

6. Why No Corporatism in America?

7. On Centrifugal Tendencies in Interest Systems: The Case of the United States

8. Who Works with Whom? Interest Group Alliances and Opposition

9. U.S. Congressman as Enterprise

III. Interests and Citizenship: Perspectives on Democratic Theory

10. Modes of Participation and Policy Impact in American Education

11. The Local Community: An Arena For Citizenship in the Federal System

IV. Interests and Institutions in the Local Community

12. The Politics of Geography in America

13. Urban Politics: The New Convergence of Power

14. Organized Spokesman for Cities: Urban Interest Groups

15. Schools and Politics in the Big City

16. St. Louis Politics: Relationships Among Interests, Parties, and Governmental Structure

V. Continuing to Reinterpret

17. The Paradox of Interest Groups in Washington: More Groups, Less Clout

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