Frank Lee Wilson, Frank L. Wilson

Interest-Group Politics in France

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book represents the first comprehensive examination of interest-group politics in France in over 25 years. Rather than the narrow case studies usually employed to study group politics, the book focuses on the overall pattern of interaction between interest groups and government. Drawing upon extensive interviews with French interest-group leaders and politicians, Wilson examines the structures and methods of group politics, the perspectives and attitudes of group leaders, and the place of interest groups in the broader pattern of French politics. He concludes that neither of the two major conceptualizations of interest-group/government relations is adequate to explain group politics in France. He suggests that the French state is much more powerful than recognized by these or other models of interest-group politics. Political influence is difficult for groups to develop and, once achieved, is fleeting. Consequently, groups engage in a wide range of activities, some of which are pluralist, others corporatist, and still others simply protest. Wilson concludes with some guidelines in the search for a middle-range theory of democratic interest-group politics.

Table of contents:
List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Alternative views of interest-groups politics in western democracies; 3. interest groups and politics: the non-occupational groups; 4. Major interest groups: the occupational groups; 5. Structures of interest-group politics; 6. Interest-group actions; 7. Interest-group leaders' attitudes toward interaction with government; 8. The place of interest groups in French politics; 9. The French experience and interest-group theory-building; 10. Conclusions: interest groups and representative democracy in France; Appendices; Notes; Index.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9780521335300
• ISBN-10: 0521335302
• Artikelnr.: 22281384

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Alternative views of interest-groups politics in western democracies
3. interest groups and politics: the non-occupational groups
4. Major interest groups: the occupational groups
5. Structures of interest-group politics
6. Interest-group actions
7. Interest-group leaders' attitudes toward interaction with government
8. The place of interest groups in French politics
9. The French experience and interest-group theory-building
10. Conclusions: interest groups and representative democracy in France
Appendices
Notes
Index.