Cigar-smoking, portly caricatures of lobbyists, coupled with the misdeeds of high-profile figureslike Jack Abramoff, have shaped sensational ideas ofWashington’s influence industry. Rogan Kersh, associate professor at New York University, sets out to debunk the myths in this primer for public policy graduate students. His 14-page chapter, framed by a larger book on health care policy, seeks to dispel some of the popular notions, and is culled from interviews with lobbyists and several years of tracking health policy advocates around Washington. Kersh, a Yaletrained political scientist, said the project grew out of his work as a two-year Robert Wood Johnson Health Scholar… Read More