Lobbying the New President

Heath Brown is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Affairs at Seton Hall University.

• 1. The Call for the Book  2. Defining Interest Groups, Exploring Policy Theory  3. Institutional Transition Pluralism  4. Interest Group Strategy: Cataloguing Transition Tactics  5. The Obama Transition: Modeling Activity with Survey Research on Interest Group Strategy  6. Linking Strategy to Outcomes  7. Advising the New President: Content Analysis of Issue Framing and Advice  8. Assesment, Evaluation, and Future Research

"This is the most in-depth description of presidential transitions ever written. It does not only attain a high academic standard for accuracy but due to its practicality it will become a bible for every lobbying organization in Washington D.C. for years to come."—Raymond Scheppach, University of Virginia, former Executive Director of the National Governors Association"Most research on presidential transitions has ignored interest groups and the scholarship on interest groups has omitted an analysis of their influence on presidential transitions. Lobbying the New President remedies this through a unique and important contribution to an understanding of the inside role of lobbyists, interest groups and think tanks in shaping presidential transitions. Brown uses innovative multi-method social science research to reveal the important role of interest groups and lobbyists in modern presidential transitions."—James A. Thurber, American University"Heath Brown’s study of the role that interest groups play during presidential transitions, from staffing the administration to setting the president’s policy agenda, is a much-needed addition to the growing literature on how decisions are made by the incoming president and advisors between Election Day and the inaugural."—Lori Cox Han, Chapman University"This is an important book on a very consequential topic. Heath Brown provides the definitive account to date concerning the activities and impact of interest groups during presidential transitions. The book is readable, well-documented, and an important contribution to understanding this crucial period for a presidency as well as the role of interest groups in our politics."—John P. Burke, University of Vermont