(Hardback)

Public Interest Law Groups focuses on a special segment of the profession, namely groups `that provide cost-free legal care to willing clients' including `legal aid and legal services groups, interest groups that litigate, and public-interest law firms.' .

(Hardback)

These profiles of major non-governmental organisations show how they compete to protect consumer or business interests ranging across all stages of American life, from baby foods to funerals. The analyses of 109 interest groups encompasses public interest, trade and professional associations.

(Hardback)

Analyzes and surveys how 182 nongovernmental organizations affect the development of federal U.S. educational policy.

(Hardback)

This first-of-its kind encyclopedia based on original research offers in-depth profiles showing how a broad spectrum of 121 important nongovernmental organizations in the health field work to affect the development of federal legislation and policy.

(Hardback)

The volume includes U.S. government documents from 1987 to 1994 covering national security institutions, changing visions of the international security landscape, post-Cold War East-West relations, nuclear strategy and arms control, and U.S. involvement in Central America, the Persian Gulf, Somalia, and Haiti.

(Hardback)

The section on other information provides bibliographical citations for publications about the organization prepared by outside writers.

This unique reference tool provides a broad spectrum of information on the major public organizations that have impacted U.S. national security policy in the 1980s.

(Hardback)

This unique encyclopedia describes how a wide range of religious groups from an even wider spectrum of religious denominations has acted vigorously to influence public policy since the beginning of the republic.

(Hardback)

No other reference analyzes the origins, development, programs, publications, and political action of 180 major American organizations concerned with women's issues in such depth.