Democracy and Interest Groups: Enhancing Participation? - Couverture souple

Jordan, G.; Maloney, W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1349414530 ISBN 13 : 9781349414536

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

Synopsis

Democracy and Interest Groups assesses the contribution that interest groups make to the democratic involvement of citizens and the generation of social capital. The authors draw on new surveys of groups and members and more unusually with non-participants. It also makes use of in-depth interviews with campaign group leaders and organizers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

GRANT JORDAN is Professor of Politics at Aberdeen University, UK. His first book (with Jeremy Richardson) was Governing Under Pressure (1979). Other major titles are Shell, Greenpeace and Brent Spar (2001); The British Administrative System (1994); Government and Pressure Groups in Britain (1987); The Protest Business (1997) with William A. Maloney; and Engineers and Professional Self-Regulation (1992).

WILLIAM A. MALONEY is Professor of Politics, University of Newcastle, UK. His major research outputs include: The European Automobile Industry (1999) with Andrew McLaughlin; The Protest Business (1997) with Grant Jordan; and Managing Policy Change in Britain (1994) with Jeremy Richardson. He has recently completed an edited research volume (with Sigrid Roßteutscher) Social Capital and Associations in European Democracies (2006).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1349414530
• ISBN 13: 9781349414536
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 241
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