The Demography of Interest Organization Communities
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in American Politics Quarterly
- Vol. 23 (1) , 3-32
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673x9502300101
Abstract
Using population data on six state populations of interest organizations from 1980 and 1990, the authors find that (a) organized interests frequently exit the lobbying community; (b) institutions exit at a higher rate than associations or membership groups; (c) exit rates potentially have great influence on the composition of interest organization populations; and (d) exit, but not entry, rates are greatly influenced by the density of interest organization populations. On the basis of these findings, the authors make a number of suggestions for the further study of the demography of interest organization communities.Keywords
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