The Scale of Interest Organization in Democratic Politics [electronic resource] : Data and Research Methods /
Halpin, D.editor.
Jordan, G.editor.
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 – from 'below the radar' in local communities to global negations at the World Trade Organization.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Counting the voices in the heavenly chorus: pressure participants in Washington politics / Kay Schlozman -- Enumerating populations of interest organizations: the several theoretical purposes of counting / David Lowery -- Numbers in a niche: lessons from mapping gay and lesbian groups in the US states / Anthony J. Nownes -- The changing contours of British representation: pluralism in practice / Grant Jordan and Jamie Greenan -- Multiple arenas, multiple populations: counting organized interests in Scottish public policy / Darren Halpin, Graeme Baxter and Iain MacLeod -- Tracking interest group populations in the US and UK / Grant Jordan, Frank Baumgartner, John McCarthy, Sean Bevan and Jamie Greenan -- The usual suspects: interest group dynamics and representation in Denmark / Peter Munk Christiansen -- Mapping the WTO interest group system: exploring density, diversity and stability over time / Marcel Hannegraaff, Jan Beyers and Caelesta Braun-Poppelaars -- Below which radar? mapping the activities of unregulated third sector organisations in England / John Mohan -- Counting at the local level: where to stop counting? / William Maloney and Jan van Deth.
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 – from 'below the radar' in local communities to global negations at the World Trade Organization.
Europe—Politics and government.
Comparative politics.
Political sociology.
Political communication.
Political science.
Sociology.
European Politics.
Comparative Politics.
Political Sociology.
Political Communication.
Political Science.
Sociology, general.