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The Organization of Political Interest Groups: Designing advocacy book cover

1st Edition

The Organization of Political Interest Groups Designing advocacy

By Darren Halpin Copyright 2014
224 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Interest groups form an important part of the development of political and social systems. This book goes beyond current literature in examining the survival and ‘careers’ of such groups beyond their formation. The author introduces the concept of organizational form and develops a framework to describe and evaluate organisations, and uncover how they adapt to survive. Using example case... Read more

1. Studying Interest Groups as ‘Organizations’: A Lacuna?  2. Where is ‘Organization’ in the Group Literature?  3. Interest Groups and Organizational Form  4. Revisiting Population Level Analysis: A Feature-Based Approach  5. Interest Group ‘Careers’ (I): Formation  6. Interest Group ‘Careers’ (II): Group Adaptation and Change Over Time  7. Niche Theories: Differentiation through ‘form’?  8. Assembling Group Identities in Nascent Fields  9. Evolving Group Identities: The Role of ‘Categories’  10. Interest Group Policy Capacities  11. Conclusions: Technological Change and the (Ongoing) Importance of Organization

Biography

Darren R. Halpin is Associate Professor at The Australian National University, Australia.

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