The scale of interest organization in democratic politics: data and research methods

Explores the need for political science to pay more attention to complex interactions involving politically relevant groups. Distinguished contributors report on data from around the world and at different levels of political decision making b from 'below the radar' in local communities to global negations atthe World Trade Organization. DARREN HALPIN Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University, Denmark. He was formerly Professor of Public Policy at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK, where he is now Visiting Professor at the Institute for Management, Governance and Society. GRANT JORDAN Emeritus Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, Aberdeen University, Scotland, UK. He first wrote about interest groups while working with Jeremy Richardson in the 1970s. They completed 'Governing Under Pressure' in 1979 and 'Government and Pressure Groups in Britain' in 1987. He has completed two major ESRC supported surveys into membership issues with William Maloney, which were reported in 'The Protest Business' (1997) and 'Democracy and InterestGroups' (2007). His other relevant works include 'Engineers and Professional Self Regulation' (1992) and 'Shell, Greenpeace and Brent Spar '(2001). INDICE: Introduction;' D.Halpin' & 'G.Jordan' - Counting the Voices in theHeavenly Chorus: Pressure Participants in Washington Politics; 'K.Schlozman -'Enumerating Populations of Interest Organizations: The Several Theoretical Purposes of Counting; 'D.Lowery - 'The Changing Contours of British Representation: Pluralism in Practice; 'G.Jordan' & 'J.Greenan - 'Numbers in a Niche: Lessons from Mapping Gay and Lesbian Groups in the US states; 'A.J.Nownes' - Multiple Arenas, Multiple Populations: Counting Organized Interests in Scottish Public Policy; 'D.Halpin', 'G.Baxter' & 'I.MacLeod - 'Tracking Interest Group Populations in the US and UK; 'G.Jordan',' F.Baumgartner', 'J.McCarthy', 'S.Bevan' & 'J.Greenan - 'The Usual Suspects: Interest Group Dynamics and Representation in Denmark; 'P.M.Christiansen - 'Mapping the WTO Interest Group System: Exploring Density, Diversity and Stability Over Time; 'M.Hanegraaff', 'J.Beyers'& 'C.Braun-Poppelaars - 'Below Which Radar? Mapping the Activities of Unregulated Third Sector Organisations in England; 'J.Mohan - 'Counting at the Local Level: Where to Stop Counting?; 'W.A.Maloney' & 'J.W. van Deth - 'Conclusion; 'G.Jordan '& 'D.Halpin '

• ISBN: 978-0-230-28443-2
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 30/12/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
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