Interest Group Politics in the Northeastern States

Interest Group Politics in the Northeastern States examines each of the twelve northeastern states in a separate chapter that seeks to convey the flavor and dynamics of politics in that state as a foundation for explaining the lobbying activities found within the state. The interest groups are placed within a historical context and within the current framework of the structure of state government and the party system. Additionally, the lobby registration laws, restrictions on lobbyists, PAC regulations, PAC patterns and political contribution patterns, and relative power of the various interest groups in each state are noted as they have changed over time. Contents

Ronald J. Hrebenar/The Role of Interest Groups in Northeastern Politics

Sarah McCally Morehouse/Connecticut: Political Parties Court the Interest Groups

Janet B. Johnson and Joseph A. Pika/Delaware: Friends and Neighbors Politics

Douglas I. Hodgkin/Maine: From the Big Three to Diversity

Ronald C. Lippincott and Larry W. Thomas/Maryland:

The Struggle for Power in the Midst of Changes, Complexity, and Institutional Constraints

John C. Berg/Massachusetts: Citizen Power and Corporate Power

Robert Egbert and Michelle Ann Fistek/New Hampshire:

Tradition and the Challenge of Growth

Barbara G. Salmore and Stephen A. Salmore/New Jersey: From Political Hacks to Political Action Committees

David L. Cingranelli/New York: Powerful Groups and Powerful Parties

Patricia McGee Crotty/Pennsylvania: Individualism Writ Large

Mark S. Hyde/Rhode Island: The Politics of Intimacy

Frank Bryan and Ann Hallowell/Vermont: Interest Groups in a Rural Technopolity

James R. Oxendale and Allan S. Hammock/West Virginia: Coal and the New West Virginia Politics

Clive S. Thomas/The Changing Nature of Interest Group

Activity in the Northeast

Ronald J. Hrebenar is Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah.

Clive S. Thomas is Professor of Political Science at the University of Alaska, Southeast.

They are co-editors of Interest Group Politics in the South (1992), Interest Group Politics in the Midwest (1993), and Interest Group Politics in the American West (1987).