The Diversity of State Interest Group Systems
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6340600 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Virginia Gray (0000-0002-3914-0145, University of Minnesota), David Lowery (0000-0002-6267-9712, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81 |
| Publication date | 1993-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/449058 |
| OpenAlex | W4239327409 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 14 |
As part of a larger effort to develop an independent system-level theory of interest groups, we explore the system-level trait of interest group diversity. A model of state interest group diversity is developed and tested with state data from the early 1980s. We find that interest group diversity is related to economic diversity and economic size, whereas its relation to wealth and to the number of interest groups contrasts sharply with much of our conventional wisdom about state interest groups. We discuss the implications of these findings for understanding state interest group politics and outline how they contribute to a larger research program on state interest group systems
Diversity (politics · Geography · Group (periodic table · Interest group · Physics · Political science · Politics · Special Interest Group · State (computer science · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · EU Law and Policy Analysis · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Social Policy and Reform Studies
When Protest Makes Policy
Litigation
On the political origins of bias in the heavenly chorus
Exploring the impact of partisan gatekeeping on interest group representation and bias
Changing state interest group systems
A Test of Herd Theory
Chorus
Organized interests and administrative rulemaking
Defining Interests
Interest Groups and Pro-Animal Rights Legislation
An Application of Herd Theory to Interest Group Behavior
On the Nature and Strategies of Organized Interests in Health Care Policy Making
Expanding the Scope of Conflict
Counting organized interests in the European Union
The impact of interest group diversity on legal implementation in the European Union
Determinants of Upper-Class Dominance in the Heavenly Chorus
Divided Government, Interest Representation, and Policy Differences
When Olson Meets Dahl
Interest Group Activity in the States
Temporal Change in the Density of State Interest Communities
After the Punctuation
Representational Concentration and Interest Community Size
The State of State Politics Research
Laying Down the Law? Interest Group Influence on State Adoption of Animal Cruelty Felony Laws
Widespread Policy Disruption and Interest Mobilization
The Influence of Lobbying Activityin State Legislatures
Measuring Aggregate‐Level Ideological Heterogeneity
Interest Group System Density and Diversity
Sisyphus Meets the Borg
States as Laboratories
When Diversity Works
Senators as Political Entrepreneurs
Punctuations and Turning Points in British Politics
Interest Group and Lobbying Research in a Higher Level Context
Multiple Regression in Practice
An Exchange Theory of Interest Groups
The Rise and Decline of Nations
The Logic of Collective Action
More of the Same
What Accent the Heavenly Chorus? Political Equality and the American Pressure System
The Density of State Interest Group Systems
Societal Complexity and Interest-Group Lobbying in the American States
The Origins and Maintenance of Interest Groups in America
The Political Economy of Group Membership
| Unique citing works | 34 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,09 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2026 (33) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 35 |