One of the best predictors of lobbying success is simply whether one is trying to preserve the status quo, and in fact the single most common lobbying goal is to preserve the status quo.
Frank R. Baumgartner, Jeffery M. Berry, Marie Hojnacki, David C. Kimball, and Beth L. Leech. Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. 341 pp. $66.00 cloth; $24.00 paper. Reviewed by David Randall in Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 35(3): 433-438 (2010); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2010-009 [PDF] [References]
Who wins? Who loses? These questions have always been relevant to those who lobby in Washington, and Baumgartner et al. provide a carefully designed empirical study of how and why lobbying drives policy changes. Lobbying and Policy Change: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why represents a significant contribution to the often publicly misunderstood world of lobbying in Washington, D.C., and provides a practical view of the largest segment of professional advocacy: the health care industry. Anyone with an interest in understanding the nuances of how…
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