This article uses empirical evidence on networks of voluntary organizations mobilizing on
ethnic minority, environmental, and social exclusion issues in two British cities, to …

The Public Policy Process is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the process
by which public policy is made. Explaining clearly the importance of the relationship …

In this article, the author investigates the innovative survival strategies of two organizations,
both of which claim loyalty to parent institutions while simultaneously attempting to …

Interest groups differ in the strategies they use to influence public policy. Some mainly try to
gain access (ie, have direct contact with decision makers), whereas others tend to 'go …

Parties live in diverse worlds. They live in the sphere of the state, largely controlling the
selection of political personnel of all important institutions of the state. Some critics have …

Community-seClor peak bodies have long been advocates for disadvantaged and minority
groups in Australian society. They have provided an important'voice'in the policy-making …

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 …

It is often stated that an 'institutionalist turn'has taken place in the social sciences, ie that
'institutions matter'. They matter because they structure political behaviour and influence …

A number of years ago, I was asked to prepare a subfield review of the interest group politics
literature in conjunction with a project sponsored by the Midwest Political Science …

Political scientists and other scholars have collectively failed to define the term “interest
group” and its synonyms in a consistent fashion or with any real precision. A definition of the …