In Interest Group Design, Marcie L. Reynolds examines the evolution
of Common Cause, the first national government reform lobby.
Founded in 1970 by John W. Gardner, the organization gained
influence with Congress and established an organizational culture
that lasted several decades. External and internal environmental
changes led to mounting crises and by 2000 Common Cause's survival
was in question. Yet fifteen years later Common Cause is a renewed
organization, with evidence of revival across the United States.
Empirical evidence suggests how Common Cause changed its interest
group design but kept its identity in order to survive. Utilizing a
mixed-methods approach to frame and analyze the history of Common
Cause, Reynolds provides a lens for studying how key aspects of the
U.S. political system-interest groups, collective action, lobbying,
and representation-work as environments change. She extends work by
previous scholars Andrew S. McFarland (1984) and Lawrence
Rothenberg (1992) creating a sequence of analytical research about
one interest group spanning almost fifty years, a unique
contribution to political science. This thoroughly researched and
comprehensive book will be of great interest to those who study
political participation and organizational change.
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