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Multiple arenas, multiple populations: counting organized interests in Scottish public policy.

Halpin, Darren; Baxter, Graeme; MacLeod, Iain

Authors

Darren Halpin

Graeme Baxter



Contributors

Darren Halpin
Editor

Grant Jordan
Editor

Abstract

The basic premise of this book is that counting populations of organized interests is a worthwhile activity. The opening chapter - not to mention many of the contributions - provides numerous persuasive reasons. In this chapter, all this is taken for granted, and it pursues some of the challenges inherent in actually counting populations. It starts with what seems at face value to be a single perfectly reasonable and achievable aspiration in relation to data on organized interest populations - namely, to be able to say something authoritative about the basic size and composition of the politically active organized interest system. This is a deceptively difficult task.

Citation

HALPIN, D., BAXTER, G. and MACLEOD, I. 2012. Multiple arenas, multiple populations: counting organized interests in Scottish public policy. In Halpin, D. and Jordan, G. (eds.) The scale of interest organization in democratic politics: data and research methods. London: Palgrave Macmillan [online], pages 118-140. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230359239_6

Online Publication Date Dec 13, 2011
Publication Date Dec 31, 2012
Deposit Date Sep 20, 2016
Publicly Available Date Sep 20, 2016
Publisher Springer
Pages 118-140
Series Title Interest groups, advocacy and democracy series
Series Number 1
Book Title The scale of interest organization in democratic politics: data and research methods
ISBN 9781349329618
DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230359239_6
Keywords European politics; Political sociology; Political communication; Interest groups
Public URL http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1790
Contract Date Sep 20, 2016

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