1st Edition
Who Speaks for the Poor National Interest Groups and Social Policy
By Richard A. Jr Hays
Copyright 2001
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book addresses the central question of how the interests of the poor gain representation in the political process by examining the interest group system.
1. Introduction; 2. Interest Groups in American Politics; 3. Poverty and Political Action; 4. Interest Groups in Social Policy; 5. Interest Groups and the Policy Process; 6. Mobilizing the Poor
Biography
R.Allen Hays
"Hay's project provides much-needed insights into the configuration of organizations that testified on key pieces of legislation during a critical era in the history of American social welfare policy." -- Douglas R. Imig, University of Memphis, for the American Political Science Review
"This book should be mandatory reading for all advocates attempting to affect public policy on behalf of the poor.
Ralph Da Costa Nunez, Institute for Children and Poverty
Political Science Quarterly."
