Revolving Door Lobbying: Public Service, Private Influence, and the Unequal Representation of Interests

In recent decades Washington has seen an alarming rise in the number of revolving door lobbyists -politicians and officials cashing in on their government experience to become influence peddlers on K Street. These lobbyists, popular wisdom suggests, sell access to the highest bidder. Revolving Door Lobbying tells a different, more nuanced story. As an insider interviewed in the book observes, where the general public has the impression that lobbyists actually get things done, I would say 90 percent of what lobbyists do is prevent harm to their client from the government.