Pressure groups and political culture a comparative study /

• Main Author: Castles, Francis G. 1943-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
• Series: Routledge revivals.
• Subjects: Pressure groups.; Political culture.; Economics.; POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Advocacy. > Political Process; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary
• Item Description: Title from PDF title page (viewed Oct. 13, 2009).; This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2009.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9780203092309 (electronic bk.); 0203092309 (electronic bk.)

This volume, first published in 1967, offers a new approach to the study of pressure groups, whose importance in the British political system has been increasingly recognised in recent years.€Francis Castles seeks to throw light on this topic, firstly by examining the theoretical approaches to an understanding of their role in the political process and secondly by presenting a number of specific studies. For the first time, in one small volume, the reader can become acquainted with pressure groups in continental Europe, Scandinavia, the United States, the totalitarian countries, and the e.