This text focuses on new developments in pressure group theory. It outlines the concepts of policy networks and state autonomy and evaluates the contribution they make to understanding group/government interaction. These theories are used to examine a number of policy areas - business, health, agriculture, the environment, consumer policy - in both Britain and the United States. The empirical cases demonstrate the role of theory in understanding policy-making and highlight how a single theory cannot adequately explain all policy outcomes. Topics covered include - traditional approaches to state-group relations (pluralism, corporatism, Marxism); new approaches to state-group relations (policy networks, state autonomy); how policy networks change; case studies of business, agriculture, health, consumer policy and environmental policy; the relationship between pressure groups, policy communities and the state.
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Pearson Education Limited
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7450-1216-2 (9780745012162)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Pressure groups and policy-making; pluralism, corporatism and Marxism - the traditional approaches to state-group relations; policy networks and state autonomy - new approaches to state-group relations; social change, political ideology and pressure group - how policy networks change; agricultural policy - the paradigm policy community; business and public policy - the problem of business policy networks; professional power - the doctors and health policy; public interest groups and policy networks - the case of consumers; pressure groups, policy communities and the state.
