Understanding how money influences the legislative process is essential for assessing
American democracy, but problems of endogeneity, legality, and observational equivalence …

A large body of literature in international relations has attempted to explain the interaction
between domestic politics and International Relations in the field of trade policy. This article …

Built on interviews with over 100 lobbyists, Kenneth Godwin, Scott Ainsworth, and Erik
Godwin show that much of the research on organized interests overlooks the lobbying of …

Whether in multilateral negotiations or bilateral meetings, government leaders regularly
engage in “two-level games” played simultaneously at the domestic and the international …

Interest Groups and Lobbying shows how political organizations and their lobbyists play a
crucial role in how policy is made in the United States. It cuts through the myths and …

This Element explores the growing party divisions on the environment in the United States. It
draws upon quantitative and qualitative data from several decades of national and state …

With China's rapid ascendance to great power status, the US-China relationship has
become one of the most important international relationships in the world today. This book …

Left-wing opposition to globalization lives, among voters and interest groups, both labor and
progressive. But have left-wing opponents of trade successfully cultivated representation …

We use the case of education interest groups to examine how and when policy changes
lead interest groups to polarize in their support for political parties. Using over 145,000 …

In 1993, both houses of Congress passed and President Clinton signed the North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Just four years later, fast-track legislation stalled short of a …