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Klappentext This book represents a comprehensive examination of interest-group politics in France. Zusammenfassung This book represents a comprehensive examination of interest-group politics in France focusing on the overall pattern of interaction between interest groups and government. Wilson examines the structures and methods of group politics! the perspectives and attitudes of group leaders! and the place of interest groups in the broader pattern of French politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Alternative views of interest-groups politics in western democracies; 3. interest groups and politics: the non-occupational groups; 4. Major interest groups: the occupational groups; 5. Structures of interest-group politics; 6. Interest-group actions; 7. Interest-group leaders' attitudes toward interaction with government; 8. The place of interest groups in French politics; 9. The French experience and interest-group theory-building; 10. Conclusions: interest groups and representative democracy in France; Appendices; Notes; Index.
