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Title The scale of interest organization in democratic politics : data and research methods / edited by Darren Halpin and Grant Jordan
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Description 1 online resource
Series Interest groups, advocacy and democracy series
Contents Introduction; D. Halpin & G. Jordan -- Counting the Voices in the Heavenly Chorus: Pressure Participants in Washington Politics; K. Schlozman -- Enumerating Populations of Interest Organizations: The Several Theoretical Purposes of Counting; D. Lowery -- The Changing Contours of British Representation: Pluralism in Practice; G. Jordan & J. Greenan -- Numbers in a Niche: Lessons from Mapping Gay and Lesbian Groups in the US states; A.J. Nownes -- Multiple Arenas, Multiple Populations: Counting Organized Interests in Scottish Public Policy; D. Halpin, G. Baxter & I. MacLeod -- Tracking Interest Group Populations in the US and UK; G. Jordan, F. Baumgartner, J. McCarthy, S. Bevan & J. Greenan -- The Usual Suspects: Interest Group Dynamics and Representation in Denmark; P.M. Christiansen -- Mapping the WTO Interest Group System: Exploring Density, Diversity and Stability Over Time; M. Hanegraaff, J. Beyers & C. Braun-Poppelaars -- Below Which Radar? Mapping the Activities of Unregulated Third Sector Organisations in England; J. Mohan -- Counting at the Local Level: Where to Stop Counting?; W.A. Maloney & J.W. van Deth -- Conclusion; G. Jordan & D. Halpin
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
Summary It is widely assumed that effective democracies host large populations of pressure participants defending their interests and advancing their causes. It is also assumed that as societies develop, the associational world 'explodes'. These twin assumptions prompt simple questions. How many organized interests are there in different societies and how quickly are they growing? Do different types grow at different rates? In this volume, these questions are shown to be much more difficult to answer than they at first. However, a useful sense of scale is provided for the debate and many research practice issues are raised. Significant differences appear cross nationally but some broad trends such as a decline in the number of business groups emerge. Population ecology is used to show that the idea of constant growth was naIve. Contributions from distinguished authors include reports on data from the USA, UK, Denmark and Germany, at different levels of political decision making, from 'below the radar' in local communities to global negations at the World Trade Organization. The volume highlights the need for political science to pay more attention to complex interactions involving a 'cast of thousands' of politically relevant groups
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Pressure groups -- Research
Pressure groups -- Research -- United States
Pressure groups -- Research -- Europe
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
Pressure groups -- Research
Europe
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Halpin, Darren.
Jordan, A. G
ISBN 9780230359239
023035923X