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Local Interest Groups

Local Interest Groups is a collective actor within the domain of local political institutions that represents a distinct community-based constituency and seeks to influence public policy or resource allocation through organized advocacy, distinguished from other political actors by its geographically bounded membership and its focus on issues of local concern.

404

Publications

17.8K

Citations

668

Authors

345

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

52

Variants

Local Interest Associations

Parents

Publications

404

Stateville: The Penitentiary in Mass Society.

Donald J. Shoemaker, James B. Jacobs · Social Forces · 1978 · 602 citations

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Interest Representation: The Dominance of Institutions

Robert H. Salisbury · American Political Science Review · 1984 · 456 citations

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The Backlash against Democracy Promotion

Thomas Carothers · Foreign Affairs · 2006 · 362 citations

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Organizing Interests in Western Europe: Pluralism, Corporatism, and the Transformation of Politics.

J. Zvi Namenwirth, Suzanne Berger · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1982 · 341 citations

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Regulatory Enforcement in a Federalist System

John T. Scholz, Feng Heng Wei · American Political Science Review · 1986 · 245 citations

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1–5 of 404

Authors

668

  1. DL
    David Lowery

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    5 publications · 378 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. VG
    Virginia Gray

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    4 publications · 355 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. JS
    Jay Scherer

    University of Alberta, Canada

    3 publications · 90 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. KE
    Kent E. Portney

    Texas A&M University, United States

    3 publications · 103 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. JM
    Jeffrey M. Berry

    Tufts University, United States

    3 publications · 103 citations

    3

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1–5 of 668

Institutions

345

  1. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    1K citations

  2. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    463 citations

  3. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    791 citations

  4. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    179 citations

  5. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    141 citations

  6. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    126 citations

  7. University of Leicester

    Leicester, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    70 citations

  8. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    194 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 14 publications · 852 citations

    14

    h-index

  2. Policy Studies Journal

    PSJ · 7 publications · 581 citations

    7

    h-index

  3. Urban Geography

    6 publications · 170 citations

    6

    h-index

  4. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 5 publications · 96 citations

    5

    h-index

  5. American Political Science Review

    5 publications · 914 citations

    5

    h-index

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