Parties, Interest Groups, and Political Campaigns - Softcover

Matthew Burbank, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah, earned his Ph.D. from the UNC Chapel Hill. He teaches classes on American politics, elections, and research methods. His research interests focus primarily on citizen participation in politics, political parties, and urban politics.

A comprehensive and up-to-date text combining solid scholarship, relevant empirical data and insghtful examples. Especially useful for courses tasked with covering the full range of topics associated with parties, interest groups and campaigns. --Steve Frantzich, Professor Department of Political Science, U.S. Naval Academy

Political parties have joined with powerful interest groups to create a new style of governing and campaigning. In this book, the authors dissect this important new trend and help us understand why this feature developed and what it means for American politics. --Darrell West, Brown University

Political Parties, Interest Groups and Political Campaigns emphasizes the importance of lobbyists and interest groups and their interaction with political parities in modern political campaigns and public policy making. The fundamental nature of political parties and interest group politics has transformed in the last twenty years. Burbank, Hrebenar and Benedict capture these changes and show their importance to our electoral system, advocacy, and ultimately to our democracy. It is an important book for all classes about U.S. politics. --James A. Thurber, American University