
Confessions of an Interest Group
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Confessions of an Interest Group challenges the view of the Catholic Church as solely a moral force whose interests are seamlessly represented by the Christian Democratic parties. Blending theory, cultural narrative, and archival research, Warner demonstrates that the French Church's superficial and brief connection with a political party was directly related to its loss of political influence during the War. The Italian Church's power, on the other hand, remained stable through the War, so the Church and the Christian Democrats more easily found multiple grounds for long-term cooperation. The German Church chose yet another path, reluctantly aligning itself with a new Catholic-Protestant party. This book is an important work that expands the growing literature on the economics of religion, interest group behavior, and the politics of the Catholic Church.
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Acknowledgments xi
List of Abbreviations xv
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Catholic Church and Democracy 3
Chapter 2. Interest Groups, Political Parties, and Religion 17
Chapter 3. The Constraints and Opportunities of History 40
Chapter 4. Interests, Identities, and Role Definition 74
Chapter 5. Selecting an Ally: The Catholic Church and Christian Democracy in Italy and France 97
Chapter 6. Evaluating the Alliance: Exit or Voice? 116
Chapter 7. Getting Out the Vote: Mobilization Techniques 135
Chapter 8. Christian Democratic Parties and Their Search for Allies 163
Chapter 9. Comparative Perspectives: Germany 185
Chapter 10. The Political Crossroads of Catholicism in Postwar Europe: Contributions to a Theory of Interest Groups 203
References 223
Index 243
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