Encyclopedia of Interest Groups and Lobbyists in the United States 2 vols 2

A comprehensive general reference on major American interest groups. This encyclopedia provides information on the lobbies and interest groups that dominate modern American politics. It provides descriptions of 13 categories of groups, followed by A-Z entries on the groups within that category. v. 1. Banking, finance, insurance, and real estate. Service, trade, and professional. Media, entertainment, and information. Health and medical. Agriculture. Environment. Industry, construction, and transport v. 2. Labor. Civil and human rights. Political, religious, and ideological. Single issue. Identity. Foreign. Political action committees. Lobbyists. Provides information about a variety of organizations, arranged alphabetically within such groupings as Agriculture, Environmental, Health, Labor, and Political, Ideological and Religious.