Pressure, power and policy : state autonomy and policy networks in Britain and the United States
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Pressure, power and policy : state autonomy and policy networks in Britain and the United States
Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993
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Pressure power & policy
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Bibliography: p. 236-256
Includes index
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ISBN 9780745012162
Description
This text focuses on new developments in pressure group theory. It outlines the concepts of policy networks and state autonomy and evaluates the contribution they make to understanding group/government interaction. These theories are used to examine a number of policy areas - business, health, agriculture, the environment, consumer policy - in both Britain and the United States. The empirical cases demonstrate the role of theory in understanding policy-making and highlight how a single theory cannot adequately explain all policy outcomes. Topics covered include - traditional approaches to state-group relations (pluralism, corporatism, Marxism); new approaches to state-group relations (policy networks, state autonomy); how policy networks change; case studies of business, agriculture, health, consumer policy and environmental policy; the relationship between pressure groups, policy communities and the state.
Table of Contents
- Pressure groups and policy-making
- pluralism, corporatism and Marxism - the traditional approaches to state-group relations
- policy networks and state autonomy - new approaches to state-group relations
- social change, political ideology and pressure group - how policy networks change
- agricultural policy - the paradigm policy community
- business and public policy - the problem of business policy networks
- professional power - the doctors and health policy
- public interest groups and policy networks - the case of consumers
- pressure groups, policy communities and the state.
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: pbk ISBN 9780745012179
Description
This text focuses on new developments in pressure groups theory. It outlines the concepts of policy networks and state autonomy and evaluates the contribution they make to understanding group/government interaction. These theories are used to examine a number of policy areas - business, health, agriculture, the environment, consumer policy - in both Britain and the United States. The empirical cases demonstrate the role of theory in understanding policy-making and highlight how a single theory cannot adequately explain all policy outcomes. Topics covered include - traditional approaches to state-group relations (pluralism, corporatism, Marxism); new approaches to state-group relations (policy networks, state autonomy); how policy networks change; case studies of business, agriculture, health, consumer policy and environmental policy; the relationship between pressure groups, policy communities and the state.
Table of Contents
- Pressure groups and policy-making
- pluralism, corporatism and Marxism - the traditional approaches to state-group relations
- policy networks and state autonomy - new approaches to state-group relations
- social change, political ideology and pressure group - how policy networks change
- agricultural policy - the paradigm policy community
- business and public policy - the problem of business policy networks
- professional power - the doctors and health policy
- public interest groups and policy networks - the case of consumers
- pressure groups, policy communities and the state.
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