Pressure Groups
Published on 1. May 1993
Book
Hardback
282 pages
978-0-19-878051-9 (ISBN)
Description
Since the early 1950s pressure groups have been recognized as playing a key role in the policy process in western democracies. As legislatures and political parties have declined in influence, the relationship between between pressure groups and government has become highly developed. This has presented both problems and opportunities for the participation of ordinary citizens in the governmental process. This book reviews some of the key theoretical concepts developed in the study of pressure groups and presents a series of up-to-date studies of their role in particular countries, including the UK, USA, France and the former Soviet Union. This book should be of interest to students and practitioners who want to understand current developments in the lobbying process.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line figures, tables, bibliography
ISBN-13
978-0-19-878051-9 (9780198780519)
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Content
Part 1 Pressure group theory: the process of government, A.F. Bentley; the logic of collective action, Mancur Olson; interest groups and the fallacy of the liberal fallacy, Richard Kimber; the pluralism of pluralism - an anti-theory, Grant Jordan. Part 2 Pressure groups in practice: democritization and the growth of pressure groups in Soviet and post-Soviet politics, Terry Cox; interest group behaviour in Britain - continuity and change, Jeremy J. Richardson; interest groups in Denmark, Jacob B. Buksti; interest groups in Italy - from pressure activity to policy networks, Luca Lanzalaco; American interest group, Graham K. Wilson; Canadian pressure groups - talking chameleons, Paul Pross; pluralism and pressure politics in France, Peter A. Hall; pressure group politics in West Germany, Lewis J. Edinger; interest groups in the European community, Sonia P. Mazey and Jeremy J. Richardson; three faces of associational politics - interest groups in politics in Israel, Yael Yishai; Australian interest groups, Trevor Matthews; pressure groups in Japan, Karel van Wolferen.