UID:
almafu_9959239104502883
Format:
1 online resource (x, 200 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-107-11717-8
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0-511-00399-4
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1-280-42059-6
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0-511-17201-X
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0-511-14983-2
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0-511-30986-4
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0-511-49205-7
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0-511-04808-4
Content:
The emergence of interest group politics is one of the decisive factors in democratic transformation in post-communist society. Stephen Padgett argues that evidence from eastern Germany suggests that market transition produces rather open and fluid societies, in which group interests and identities are tenuous. Lacking a supportive social infrastructure, interest groups operate on 'entrepreneurial' lines, a form of associational activity which falls far short of pluralist ideals. With its accelerated transition to a market economy, eastern Germany provides a 'fast-forward' study of an 'advanced post-communist society' which enables us to anticipate the social structures and issues shaping interest-group politics in the newly-democratizing states of east-central Europe. Examining a number of different interest groups, and comparing a number of countries across east-central Europe, this book may also offer a vision of the future of interest-group politics in the West.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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The emergence of civil society --
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Socio-economic foundations --
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Organization --
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Participation and the logic of collective action --
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Group dynamics --
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Organized interests, the state and public policy.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-65703-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-65170-0
Language:
English
URL:
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511492051
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