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POLITICS, LAW, AND GOVERNMENT

FORTHCOMING

AARP

America’s Largest Interest Group and Its Impact

CHRISTINE L. DAY
AARP is one of Washington’s most influential interest groups, but just who does it
represent? To some, it represents the narrow, special interests of older Americans who
already consume more than their share of government benefits. To others, its advocacy
encompasses everyone, including those with elderly parents and grandparents—and those
who will comprise the older generations of the future.
October 2017, 240pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
FEATURES
Print: 978-1-4408-3410-3
• Examines AARP’s growth from small service organization to a political powerhouse $48.00, £37.00, €44.00
eBook: 978-1-4408-3411-0
• Scrutinizes the relationship between AARP’s political activities and its commercial
enterprises
• Explains how AARP has become a major player in Washington, even without a PAC for CHRISTINE L. DAY, PhD, is professor
campaign contributions of political science at the University of
• Explores AARP’s moderating influence in an increasingly polarized political landscape, New Orleans.
despite political attacks from both right and left
• Looks at the role of incentives and local chapters in recruiting and mobilizing the
organization’s massive membership base

FORTHCOMING

The Right Women

Republican Party Activists, Candidates, and Legislators

MALLIGA OCH AND SHAUNA L. SHAMES, EDITORS
Why is the Republican Party dominated by men to a far greater extent than its primary
rival? With literature on conservative women in the United States still in its infancy, this
book fills an important gap. It does so by examining Republican women as distinct from
their male Republican and Democratic female counterparts and also by exploring the
shifting role of Republican women in their party and in politics overall. The book brings
those subjects together in one volume that will provide fascinating reading to students, January 2018, 240pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
scholars, and anyone else interested in U.S. politics. Print: 978-1-4408-5162-9
$48.00, £37.00, €44.00
eBook: 978-1-4408-5163-6
FEATURES
• Analyzes the role of women in the Republican Party, something that must be understood
if America is to achieve equal representation of women in the U.S. Congress and state MALLIGA OCH, PhD, is assistant
governments professor of international studies
• Fills an important gap in knowledge regarding the presence and impact of women in the at Idaho State University, Pocatello,
Republican Party and the former research director at
Political Parity (Hunt Alternatives) in
• Suggests ways members of the Republican Party can remedy the underrepresentation of Cambridge, MA.
women in their ranks
SHAUNA L. SHAMES, PhD, is
• Brings together chapters contributed by leading experts in the field of women and assistant professor of political science
politics at Rutgers University, Camden, NJ.
She has worked with Political Parity,
National Organization for Women
(NOW), and other groups.
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