Local Interest Group Organizations in United States

Local and State Interest Group Organizations

Anthony J. Nownes, in the chapter “Local and State Interest Group Organizations” of the Oxford Handbook of State and Local Government, offers some insight and critically assesses the situation and current state of scholarship on the topic. The following is a summary:This chapter examines the literature on local and state interest groups. The author argues that much of the interest group literature has focused on the national level even though there are large gaps in what we know about local and state groups and sub-national collective action. The bulk of the chapter outlines just how much we have learned about interest group organizations and concludes with a discussion of directions for future research.

Further Reading

• “Local and State Interest Group Organizations”, The Oxford Handbook of American Politics