Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
Overview"A major work by one of America's most eminent political scientists, ""Political Organizations"" has had a profound impact on how we view the influence of interest groups on policy making. James Q. Wilson wrote this book to counter two ideas: that popular interests will automatically generate political organizations and that such organizations will faithfully mirror the opinions and interests of their members. Moreover, he demonstrated that the way in which political organizations (including parties, business groups, labor unions, and civil rights associations) are created and maintained significantly affects the opinions they represent and the tactics they use. Now available for the first time in paperback, this book has broadened its scope to include recently developed organizations as it addresses many of today's concerns over the power of such groups as special-interests lobbies. In 1973, when this book was first published, the press and public were fascinated by the social movements of the 1960s, thinking that the antiwar and civil rights movements might sweep aside old-fashioned interest-group lobbies.Wilson argued, however, that such movements would inevitably be supplanted by new organizations, ones with goals and tactics that might direct the course of action away from some of the movement's founding principles. In light of the current popular distress with special-interest groups and their supposed death-grip on Congress, Wilson again attempts to modify a widely held view. He shows that although lobbies have multiplied in number and kind, they remain considerably restrained by the difficulty they have in maintaining themselves. His approach charts a useful middle course between the pluralist and the rational-choice schools of thought." Full Product DetailsAuthor: James Q. WilsonPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Edition: Updated Edition Volume: 46 Dimensions: Width: 19.70cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780691043852ISBN 10: 069104385 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 27 August 1995 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Paperback EditionAcknowledgmentsCh. 1Organizations and Politics3Ch. 2Rationality and Self-Interest19Ch. 3Organizational Maintenance and Incentives30Ch. 4Social Structure and Organizations56Ch. 5Political Structure and Organizations78Ch. 6Political Parties95Ch. 7Labor Unions119Ch. 8Business Associations143Ch. 9Civil Rights Organizations171Ch. 10Organizational Creation and Change195Ch. 11Authority and Leadership215Ch. 12Organizational Democracy235Ch. 13Competition and Coalitions261Ch. 14Bargaining, Protest, and Violence281Ch. 15Organizational Representation305Ch. 16Organizations and Public Policy327Index347ReviewsAuthor InformationJames Q. Wilson is the James Collins Professor of Management and Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of many books and has served on numerous national commissions concerned with public policy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
