Citizen Lobbyists – Local Efforts to Influence Public Policy Adams Paperback

Citizen LobbyistsLocal Efforts to Influence Public Policy\nAuthor(s): Brian Adams\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S., United States\nImprint: Temple University Press,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781592135707, 978-1592135707\nSynopsis\nCitizen Lobbyists explores how [url] citizens participate in local government. Although many commentators have lamented the apathy of the American citizenry, Brian Adams focuses on what makes ordinary Americans become involved in and attempt to influence public policy issues that concern them. It connects theory and empirical data in a new and revealing way, providing both a thorough review of the relevant scholarly discussions and a detailed case study of citizen engagement in the politics of Santa Ana, a mid-sized Southern California city. After interviewing more than fifty residents, Adams found that they can be best described as u0022lobbyistsu0022 who identify issues of personal importance and then lobby their local government bodies. .