Interest groups form an important part of the development of political and social systems.
This book goes beyond current literature in examining the survival and 'careers' of such …

Any democratic society requires mechanisms for citizens to have effective political voice.
Clearly, political parties provide a key channel for expressing views and preferences …

Although scholarship has highlighted the role of stakeholders in policy making, less is
known about the preparations they make that lay the groundwork for their lobbying activities …

The chapter analyses the role interest groups play in the policy-making process and
assesses their impact on public policy outputs. It discusses a number of models of the policy …

This article assesses the 'participatory contribution'that (large‐scale/professionalised) public
interest groups make to democracy. To what extent should we realistically expect these …

While much progress has been made in empirically mapping and analysing a variety of
interest group activities in the last decade, less attention has been devoted to conceptual …

This article revisits questions raised by the late Jack Walker in his landmark study of group
organization and maintenance and applies them to public interest groups. Data from 62 …

Organized interests are perennially under fire for distorting public policies. Critics charge
that they privilege the demands of favored constituencies at the expense of the broader …

Unsurprisingly, a great deal has been written about the role of interest groups in
contemporary societies. Here, we focus on two sets of concepts that have had influence in …

The study of interest groups and their role in political life has undergone somewhat of a
renaissance in recent years. Long standing scholarly themes such as interest groups …