Voices and Echoes for the Environment: Public Interest Representation in the 1990s and Beyond

Ronald G. Shaiko

Paper, 300 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11355-7
$30.00 / £17.50

September, 1999
Cloth, 300 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11354-0
$75.50 / £44.50

What are the challenges facing public interest groups as a result of their transformation from the small, grassroots groups of the 1960s into the large, professionalized, multi-billion dollar industry of the '90s? How might public interest groups meet these challenges as they move into the next century? Focusing on national environmental organizations, including Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation, The Wilderness Society, and Environmental Defense Fund, Voices and Echoes for the Environment demonstrates how the demands of organizational maintenance encroach on the goal of effective policy influence.

Related Subjects

• American Politics

Series

• Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics Into the 21st Century

About the Author

Ronald G. Shaiko is associate professor of government in the School of Public Affairs at American University, where he is also the founder and academic director of the Lobbying Institute in the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies. He is currently serving as a Democracy Fellow in the Center for Democracy and Governance at the United States Agency for International Development.

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