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Barakso, Maryann. Governing NOW. Profiles one of the best-known interest groups, the National Organization for Women.

Berry, Jeffrey M., and Clyde Wilcox, The Interest Group Society, 4th ed. New York: Longman, 2006. An overview of interest group politics in Washington.

Berry, Jeffrey M., with David Arons. A Voice for Nonprofits. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 2003. Argues that the participation of nonprofits in our political system is unfairly discouraged by tax law.

Bosso, Christopher J. Environment, Inc. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2005. Analyzes the organizational side of environmental lobbies.

Cigler, Allan J., and Burdett A. Loomis (eds.). Interest Group Politics, 6th ed. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2002. Includes a selection of essays on lobbying groups.

Goldstein, Kenneth M. Interest Groups, Lobbying, and Participation in America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. A study of the grassroots mobilization of interest group followers.

Skocpol, Theda. Diminished Democracy. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003. A historical examination of the changing nature of associational life in the United States.



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