The Origins and Consequences of the NRA’s Institutional and Ideological Embeddedness

• In Event: The Ideological Development and Impact of Interest Groups in U.S. Politics

Brief Overview

This study explains the sources of the diachronic political influence of the National Rifle Association (NRA). I argue that the power of the NRA rests in its institutional and ideological embeddedness.

Author

• Alexandra Filindra, University of Illinois at Chicago