Corporations, Pacs and the Strategic Link Between Contributions and Lobbying Activities

Abstract

During the 1970s, American corporations increased their individual involvement in national politics by creating action committees and by utilizing other modes of participation.1 Although rarely studied, some scholars have argued that this phenomenon can be explained through the use of conventional interest group theories (Vogel 1986; Wilson 1986). Wilson (1986: 227), for example, calls on Truman when, in reference to increased business activity, he notes that political scientists have long argued that interest groups develop in response to a threat to their environments. Salisbury (1984: 75), however, calls for corrections in analytic focus in relation to the activities of corporations and other institutions.

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