Democracy and Interest Groups: Enhancing Participation?
β Scribed by William Maloney, Grant Jordan, Emma Clarence
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 242
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
How are interest groups formed and how do they maintain themselves? Interest Group Politics addresses the relationship between interest groups and political parties in different countries and assesses the impact of the growth in the number of groups in the policy making process.
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