1st Edition

Who Speaks for the Poor National Interest Groups and Social Policy

By Richard A. Jr Hays Copyright 2001
    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book addresses the central question of how the interests of the poor gain representation in the political process by examining the interest group system.

    1. Introduction; 2. Interest Groups in American Politics; 3. Poverty and Political Action; 4. Interest Groups in Social Policy; 5. Interest Groups and the Policy Process; 6. Mobilizing the Poor

    Biography

    R.Allen Hays

    "Hay's project provides much-needed insights into the configuration of organizations that testified on key pieces of legislation during a critical era in the history of American social welfare policy." -- Douglas R. Imig, University of Memphis, for the American Political Science Review
    "This book should be mandatory reading for all advocates attempting to affect public policy on behalf of the poor.
    Ralph Da Costa Nunez, Institute for Children and Poverty
    Political Science Quarterly."