Screen LibraryLobbying and society : a political sociology of interest groups /
"Lobbying and political interest groups occupy an ambivalent place in advanced democracies. This insightful book injects a new sociological understanding of politics and policy. As the book convincingly reveals, a sociological understanding of lobbying and interest groups illustrates the edges...
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Polity Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Politcal sociology series
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| Summary: |
"Lobbying and political interest groups occupy an ambivalent place in advanced democracies. This insightful book injects a new sociological understanding of politics and policy. As the book convincingly reveals, a sociological understanding of lobbying and interest groups illustrates the edges and boundaries of representative democracy itself"-- |
| Carrier Form: | vi, 174 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-161) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781509510351 1509510354 9781509510344 1509510346 |
| Index Number: | JK1118 |
| CLC: | D771.264 |
| Call Number: | D771.264/S427 |
| Contents: | A social orientation to interest groups and political life -- Interests and groups -- Power, access, and influence -- Interest groups as intermediaries between nation-states and citizens -- Inequality and interest groups -- Interest group politics in a global context -- New directions in the study of lobbyists and interest groups. |