UID:
almafu_9959239646402883
Format:
1 online resource (249 p.)
ISBN:
1-280-83404-8
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9786610834044
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0-7486-3044-9
Series Statement:
Politics study guides
Content:
Pressure Groups are an increasingly important feature of the political landscape and they are active on many levels, local, national or European. They reflect a diverse compass of interests from the well-known (the National Farmers' Union) to the less familiar (the Zip Fastener Association) and interact with a wide range of political players in different parts of the political system: parties, the media, government and parliament. They are involved at every stage of the political process, from raising issues and agenda setting to policy implementation and monitoring. This book provides an acce
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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COPYRIGHT; Contents; Boxes; Tables; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Classifying Pressure Groups; CHAPTER 2 How Pressure Groups Operate; CHAPTER 3 Pressure Group Resources and Success; CHAPTER 4 Trends in Group Activity since 1979; CHAPTER 5 Protest Politics and Direct Action; CHAPTER 6 Pressure Groups and the Devolved Legislatures; CHAPTER 7 Lobbying the European Union; CHAPTER 8 The Abolition of Hunting with Dogs: an English, Welsh and Scottish Case Study; CHAPTER 9 Pressure Groups and Democracy; References; Index
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Issued also in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7486-2439-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780748630448
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748630448
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748630448
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748630448
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748630448
