The vulnerability thesis
Subtitle: interest group influence and institutional design
By: Lorelei K. Moosbrugger
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300166798
Subjects: Representative government and representation; Majorities; Pressure groups; Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reface; title: Interest group influence and institutional design; title: The vulnerability thesis; title: Evidence from the environment; title: The European Union; title: The United Kingdom: minority influence and majority rule; title: Germany: the politics of paying the polluter; title: Austria: political cover and policy choice; title: Sweden: minority representation and the majority interest; title: Institutional design and the quality of democracy.