On Tue, 10 Aug 2010, Doug Henwood wrote:
>> I'm with Michael here. Wouldn't Doug's formulation also make the
>> agricultural, defense, pharmaecutical etc. industry lobbies something
>> other than lobbies?
>
> Not really, since they'd be "special interests" in the classic sense.
The two terms are generally used interchangeably now.
> They're not "constitutive" of the U.S. except insofar as the U.S. is
> constituted of a series of interests.
That's a pretty big exception. That's exactly the standard political science model of the US.
Michael