Interest-Group Politics in France
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Frank L. Wilson (Author)
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This book represents a comprehensive examination of interest-group politics in France. 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.
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- Contributor: Frank L. Wilson
- Imprint: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN13: 9780521335300
- Number of Pages: 336
- Packaged Dimensions: 138x216x29mm
- Packaged Weight: 512
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Release Date: 1988-02-25
- Binding: Hardback
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