Anthony J. Nownes is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is the author of Interest Groups in American Politics: Pressure and Power, Second Edition and Total Lobbying: What Lobbyists Want (and How They Try to Get It).

• List of Tables and FiguresPreface 1. Introduction: Organizing for Transgender Rights in the United States 2. A Brief History of Transgender Rights Organizing in the United States 3. The Crucial Role of Grievances and Interactions 4. Interactions, Learning, and Connections 5. Overcoming the Collective-Action Problem 6. A Return to Context: Population Ecology and Political Opportunity Structure 7. The Role of Collective Identity 8. Conclusion: The Formation of Transgender Rights Interest Groups in the United States Appendix A The Questionnaire Protocol Appendix B Data and Methods NotesReferencesIndex

"The book traverses several fields, but it is primarily situated in and speaks to the political science literature on interest-group formation. It makes an important contribution by revisiting and revising pluralist and relative deprivation approaches to interest-group formation that have fallen out of favor in recent years." — Stephen Valocchi, author of Social Movements and Activism in the USA

Anthony J. Nownes is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is the author of Interest Groups in American Politics: Pressure and Power, Second Edition and Total Lobbying: What Lobbyists Want (and How They Try to Get It).

• List of Tables and FiguresPreface 1. Introduction: Organizing for Transgender Rights in the United States 2. A Brief History of Transgender Rights Organizing in the United States 3. The Crucial Role of Grievances and Interactions 4. Interactions, Learning, and Connections 5. Overcoming the Collective-Action Problem 6. A Return to Context: Population Ecology and Political Opportunity Structure 7. The Role of Collective Identity 8. Conclusion: The Formation of Transgender Rights Interest Groups in the United States Appendix A The Questionnaire Protocol Appendix B Data and Methods NotesReferencesIndex

"The book traverses several fields, but it is primarily situated in and speaks to the political science literature on interest-group formation. It makes an important contribution by revisiting and revising pluralist and relative deprivation approaches to interest-group formation that have fallen out of favor in recent years." — Stephen Valocchi, author of Social Movements and Activism in the USA

Anthony J. Nownes is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is the author of Interest Groups in American Politics: Pressure and Power, Second Edition and Total Lobbying: What Lobbyists Want (and How They Try to Get It).

• List of Tables and FiguresPreface 1. Introduction: Organizing for Transgender Rights in the United States 2. A Brief History of Transgender Rights Organizing in the United States 3. The Crucial Role of Grievances and Interactions 4. Interactions, Learning, and Connections 5. Overcoming the Collective-Action Problem 6. A Return to Context: Population Ecology and Political Opportunity Structure 7. The Role of Collective Identity 8. Conclusion: The Formation of Transgender Rights Interest Groups in the United States Appendix A The Questionnaire Protocol Appendix B Data and Methods NotesReferencesIndex

"The book traverses several fields, but it is primarily situated in and speaks to the political science literature on interest-group formation. It makes an important contribution by revisiting and revising pluralist and relative deprivation approaches to interest-group formation that have fallen out of favor in recent years." — Stephen Valocchi, author of Social Movements and Activism in the USA