Democracy and interest groups : enhancing participation? / Grant Jordan and William A. Maloney
| Author(s): | Jordan, A. G |
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| Subjects: | Pressure groups Political participation |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 |
| LC Classification: | J, JF |
| Additional Authors: | Maloney, William A |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2006052968 ISBN: 0333763335 (hbk.) ISBN: 9780333763339 (hbk.) Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-222) and indexes Contents: Looking for democracy : the democratic contribution of membership-based interest groups -- The collective action paradox : what incentives induce participation? : Olson defied? -- Making interests : creating members? -- The business of building group membership -- Understanding joining : and not joining -- The social capital and democratic potential of campaigning organizations -- Reinforcing polyarchy : what groups do for democracy? |
| Physical Description: | viii, 233 p. : ill. ; 23 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 77520491 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0333763335 9780333763339 |