1st Edition
Pressure Group Politics The Case of the British Medical Association
By Harry Eckstein
Copyright 1960
170 Pages
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Routledge
When this book was originally published in 1960, it was unique in two senses. Firstly, it presented the most detailed study of any British pressure group and it placed this detail in the framework of an original general theory of pressure group politics. Most of the book is devoted to a detailed analysis of the political activities of the British Medical Association (BMA). The author analyses the... Read more
1.Theoretical Framework: The Determinants of Pressure Group Politics 2. The Setting of BMA Politics 3. Channels of Influence 4. The Political Effectiveness of the BMA 5. A Successful Negotiation: The Case of Redundant Registrars 6. An Unsuccessful Negotiation: The Struggle Over Spens, 1948–51 7. Postscript: The Significance of Pressure Group Politics.
Biography
Harry Eckstein (1924–1999)
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