Lobbying: a case history (second edition)

Duration: 0:17:36

Genre: Educational | Historical | Political

Year Published: 1977

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Demonstrates how the lobbying system can influence national government policy by focusing on a controversy in Alton, Illinois, over the replacement of a lock and dam. Presents the different interest groups' viewpoints on the necessity for building a new lock and dam and, if built, who should pay for the replacement. Visits Washington, D.C., to show the methods lobbyists use to gain support for their cause.

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