Marie Elisabeth Zeidler

Explaining Bias in Membership Numbers

An Empirical Analysis of Noneconomic Interest Groups in Germany

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Since noneconomic interest groups are important for a fair and equal interest intermediation process in Western democracies, studying the bias in their membership numbers is crucial to explain the discrepancies in the representation of different interests in the political process. This book provides important insights into the determinants of group membership by capturing factors from different analytical levels, establishing an unprecedented analysis of the membership development of noneconomic interest groups in Germany over 29 years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden / Springer VS / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-658-23091-3
• 1st ed. 2019
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9783658230913
• ISBN-10: 3658230916
• Artikelnr.: 53160466

Autorenporträt

Marie Elisabeth Zeidler is a research and teaching fellow at the Department of Social Sciences at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Noneconomic Interest Groups, Membership, and the Question of Bias.- Explaining Interest Group Membership.- The Measurement of Membership.- Analysis of Endogenous and Exogenous Groups.- Implications and Outlook: Group Membership, Mobilization, and Bias.