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9780333763339

Democracy and Interest Groups Enhancing Participation?

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  • ISBN13:

    9780333763339

  • ISBN10:

    0333763335

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-09-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

How are interest groups formed and how do they maintain themselves? Interest Group Politics addresses the relationship between interest groups and political parties in different countries and assesses the impact of the growth in the number of groups in the policy making process.

Author Biography

William Maloney, Grant Jordan and Emma Clarence are all at the University of Aberdeen.

Table of Contents

Looking for Democracy
The Democratic Contribution of Membership Based Interest Groups
The Collective Action Paradox
What Incentives Induce Participation?
Olson Defied?
Making Interests
Creating Members?
The Business of Building Group Membership
Understanding Joining - and Not Joining
The Social Capital and Democratic Potential of Campaigning Organizations
Reinforcing Polyarchy: What Groups do for Democracy?
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