Books

I have written four books, three of which are on interest groups and lobbying in the United States. The first is a technical study of competitive lobbying and its implications for lawmaking, the second is an undergraduate or graduate level textbook, and the third is an argument regarding ethics in lobbying. I have also just had published a fourth book on the politics of water policy in the American west, and a new, fifth, book on lobbying theory is now in the works!

Understanding Political Lobbying, with Wiebke Marie Junk. Publishing anticipated by Edward Elgar Publishing in 2027.

Water Politics: The Fragmentation of American Western Water Policy. Published by Routledge in 2023 (hardback and e-book first, to be followed by paperback in 2025).

Interest Groups and Lobbying: Pursuing Political Interests in America.  Third edition published by Routledge in 2024.  First edition published in 2014 by Westview Press, with the second edition in 2020.

• First edition reviewed by Daniel Lewis in Interest Groups & Advocacy, April 2014

The Ethical Lobbyist: Reforming Washington’s Lobbying Industry.  Published in 2015 (2016 in paperback) by Georgetown University Press.

• Featured on C-Span2 Book Television, February 4, 2017
• Featured in “Would More Lobbying Improve America?” by Kevin Hartnett in Politico, August 24, 2015

Competitive Interests: Competition and Compromise in American Interest Group Politics.  Published in 2011 by Georgetown University Press.

• Reviewed by Matt Grossmann in Perspectives on Politics, June 2013.
• Reviewed by Timothy M. LaPira in Political Science Quarterly, Winter 2012-13

All books are currently available for purchase.