Pressure Groups and British Politics

Wyn Grant (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

250 Seiten

2000
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-0-333-74485-7 (ISBN)

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Written by one of Britain's leading analysts of pressure groups, this book provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of pressure group politics in the UK and of the increasingly important EU dimension. The sleaze scandals surrounding the parliamentary lobby, grass roots direct action, the use of the media and courts and the particular importance of business, labour and consumer interests are also given full coverage.

WYN GRANT is Professor of Politics, University of Warwick. He is author of many books including The Politics of Economic Policy, The Common Agricultural Policy and Business and Politics in Britain.

Introduction: The Key Characteristics of Pressure Groups
Types of Groups
Theoretical Perspectives
Pressure Groups and the Executive
The Organisation of Representation at the EU Level
How Pressure Groups Exert Influence at the EU Level
Agenda Setting: The Media and Direct Action
Pressure Politics Outside Whitehall: Parliament, the Courts and Local Government
The Politics of Production and Consumption
The Effectiveness of Pressure Groups
Conclusions: Pressure Groups and Democracy.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.1.2000
Reihe/Serie	Contemporary Political Studies
Reihe/Serie	Contemporary Political Studies
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	313 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
ISBN-10	0-333-74485-3 / 0333744853
ISBN-13	978-0-333-74485-7 / 9780333744857
Zustand	Neuware