@article{df7601896b0c4488b9448b3b80029895,
title = "A Quiet Revolution in State Lobbying: Government Growth and Interest Populations",
abstract = "What explains contemporary numbers of interest groups in America? To answer this question and help address conflicting narratives in research, I examine the rise of interest groups in the states. Assembling an original dataset based on archival and secondary sources, I find that relatively few groups lobbied legislators prior to the 1960s or 1970s. During those decades, numbers of interest groups began to grow rapidly. I find that increases in lawmaking activities present inconsistent effects on the political mobilization of groups but increases in spending are strongly correlated with mobilization. In additional tests, I find that the effects of spending on group numbers vary by state and are not discernible in most states. In general, a historic transformation of state governments helps to account for the growth of state lobbying. Interest groups have remained active in state capitols ever since.",
keywords = "government growth, interest groups, lobbying, public choice, state politics",
author = "Strickland, {James M.}",
note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The author received financial support from the University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School, Arizona State University School of Politics and Global Studies, and Institute for Humane Studies for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Funding Information: The author thanks Jesse Crosson, Ingrid Grosse, Michael Heaney, Thomas Holyoke, Adam Newmark, Jason Roberts, Trevor Rubenzer, Alixandra Yanus, and three anonymous reviewers for providing invaluable feedback on drafts of this article. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The author received financial support from the University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School, Arizona State University School of Politics and Global Studies, and Institute for Humane Studies for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 University of Utah.",
year = "2021",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1177/1065912920975490",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "74",
pages = "1181--1196",
journal = "Political Research Quarterly",
issn = "1065-9129",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "4",
}