
The Scale of Interest Organization in Democratic Politics
Data and Research Methods
Published on 1. January 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIII, 267 pages
978-1-349-32961-8 (ISBN)
Description
Explores the need for political science to pay more attention to complex interactions involving politically relevant groups. Distinguished contributors report on data from around the world and at different levels of political decision making - from 'below the radar' in local communities to global negations at the World Trade Organization.
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Edition
1st ed. 2012
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XIII, 267 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
331 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-32961-8 (9781349329618)
DOI
10.1057/9780230359239
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Persons
FRANK R. BAUMGARTNER Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
SHAUN BEVAN Research Associate in the Institute for Political and Economic Governance, University of Manchester, UK
JAN BEYERS Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Antwerp, Belgium
CAELESTA BRAUN-POPPELAARS Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Political Science of the University of Antwerp, Belgium
JAN W. VAN DETH Professor of Political Science and International Comparative Social Research at the University of Mannheim, Germany
JAMIE GREENAN graduated with a Masters in Sociology from Aberdeen University in 2004 and subsequently gained a Masters in Social Research in 2005 also from Aberdeen
DARREN HALPIN Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University, Denmark
MARCEL HANEGRAAFF PhD student at the department of Political Science of the University of Antwerp, Belgium
GRANT JORDAN Emeritus Professor, University of Aberdeen, UK
DAVID LOWERY Bruce R. Miller and Dean D. LaVigne Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University, USA
WILLIAM MALONEY Professor of Politics, Newcastle University, UK
IAIN MACLEO Researcher at the Institute for Management, Governance and Society (IMaGeS) at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
JOHN D. MCCARTHY Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University, USA
JOHN MOHAN Professor of Social Policy, University of Southampton, UK and Deputy Director of the Third Sector Research Centre
PETER MUNK CHRISTIANSEN Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
ANTHONY NOWNES Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
KAY LEHMAN SCHLOZMAN J. Joseph Moakley Endowed Professor of Political Science at Boston College, USA
Content
Introduction; D.Halpin & G.Jordan Counting the Voices in the Heavenly Chorus: Pressure Participants in Washington Politics; K.Schlozman Enumerating Populations of Interest Organizations: The Several Theoretical Purposes of Counting; D.Lowery The Changing Contours of British Representation: Pluralism in Practice; G.Jordan & J.Greenan Numbers in a Niche: Lessons from Mapping Gay and Lesbian Groups in the US states; A.J.Nownes Multiple Arenas, Multiple Populations: Counting Organized Interests in Scottish Public Policy; D.Halpin , G.Baxter & I.MacLeod Tracking Interest Group Populations in the US and UK; G.Jordan , F.Baumgartner , J.McCarthy , S.Bevan & J.Greenan The Usual Suspects: Interest Group Dynamics and Representation in Denmark; P.M.Christiansen Mapping the WTO Interest Group System: Exploring Density, Diversity and Stability Over Time; M.Hanegraaff , J.Beyers & C.Braun-Poppelaars Below Which Radar? Mapping the Activities of Unregulated Third Sector Organisations in England; J.Mohan Counting at the Local Level: Where to Stop Counting?; W.A.Maloney & J.W. van Deth Conclusion; G.Jordan & D.Halpin