First World Interest Groups

A Comparative Perspective
Herausgeber: Thomas, Clive S.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This first comprehensive appraisal of interest groups in Western democracies in thirty years a systematic comparison of interest group activities and their impact on public policymaking in twelve post-industrial First World nations. Using a conceptual framework, well-known experts provide an assessment of these interest group systems, identify similarities and differences, and point to current trends and future directions. This up-to-date overview and analysis is intended for students and specialists dealing with interest group behavior, comparative government and political institutions, and also with each country that is surveyed. This landmark comparative study of interest groups balances pluralist, corporatist, and to a lesser extent neo-Marxist approaches, synthesizing current know-how about interest groups in Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Each country chapter describes the factors that affect interest group make-up, their operating techniques, and their influence, and chapter demonstrates how the interest group system impacts on the public policymaking process and how well the system is explained by the conceptual framework it is studies. This study is viewed in terms of an American model, a British model with its derivations, models in continental European democracies, and in newer democracies. A concluding chapter offers further insights, and a selected bibliography is helpful in pointing as it does to important sources for further study.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 595g
• ISBN-13: 9780313273889
• ISBN-10: 031327388X
• Artikelnr.: 25569988

Autorenporträt

CLIVE S. THOMAS is Professor of Political Science at the University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau. He is the author of First World Interest Groups: A Comparative Perspective (Greenwood, 1993).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Understanding and Comparing Interest Groups in Western Democracies
by Clive S. Thomas The American Interest Group System: Typical Model or
Aberration? by Clive S. Thomas Government and Groups in Britain: Changing
Styles by J.J. Richardson The Mirror of the State: Canada's Interest Group
System by A. Paul Pross Australia: Interest Groups in the Shadow of Strong
Political Parties by Trevor Matthews and John Warhurst New Zealand:
Capturing the State? by Jack Vowles France: Group Politics in a Strong
State by Frank L. Wilson Italy: The Fragmentation of Power and Its
Consequences by Raphael Zariski Sweden: Interest Groups in Transition and
Crisis by Michele Micheletti Switzerland: Democratic Corporatism in a
Consociational Society by Harmon Zeigler West Germany and the New Germany:
Centralization, Expanding Pluralism and New Challenges by Klaus von Beyme
Israel: Interest Group Pluralism Constrained by Asher Arian Japan:
Associational Politics in a Group Oriented Society by Ronald J. Hrebenar
and Akira Nakamura Interest Groups in Western Democracies: Contemporary
Characteristics and Future Directions by Clive S. Thomas References
Selected Bibliography Index