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Further Readings
Gray, V., & Lowery, D. (1996). The population ecology of interest representation lobbying communities in the American states. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
Halpin, D., & Jordan, G. (Eds.). (2012). The scale of interest organization in democratic politics: Data and research methods. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Lowery, D., Gray, V., & Halpin, D. (Eds.). (2015). The organization ecology of interest communities: An assessment and an agenda. New York, NY: Palgrave.
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Berkhout, J. (2020). Population Ecology of Interest Representation. In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13895-0_51-1
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