Political Organizations : : Updated Edition / / James Q. Wilson.

A major work by one of America's eminent political scientists, Political Organizations has had a profound impact on how we view the influence of interest groups on policymaking. James Wilson wrote this book to counter two ideas: that popular interests will automatically generate political organ...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
©1995
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ; 189
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Physical Description:1 online resource (387 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • CHAPTER 1 Organizations and Politics
  • PART I. A Theoretical Perspective
  • CHAPTER 2 Rationality and Self-Interest
  • CHAPTER 3 Organizational Maintenance and Incentives
  • CHAPTER 4 Social Structure and Organizations
  • CHAPTER 5 Political Structure and Organizations
  • PART II. The Perspective Applied
  • CHAPTER 6 Political Parties
  • CHAPTER 7 Labor Unions
  • CHAPTER 8 Business Associations
  • CHAPTER 9 Civil Rights Organizations
  • PART III. Internal Processes
  • CHAPTER 10 Organizational Creation and Change
  • CHAPTER 11 Authority and Leadership
  • CHAPTER 12 Organizational Democracy
  • PART IV. External Processes
  • CHAPTER 13 Competition and Coalitions
  • CHAPTER 14 Bargaining, Protest, and Violence
  • PART V. Political Roles
  • CHAPTER 15 Organizational Representation
  • CHAPTER 16 Organizations and Public Policy
  • INDEX