Interest-Group Politics in France [Paperback]

This book represents a comprehensive examination of interest-group politics in France.This book represents a comprehensive examination of interest-group politics in France focusing on the overall pattern of interaction between interest groups and government. Wilson examines the structures and methods of group politics, the perspectives and attitudes of group leaders, and the place of interest groups in the broader pattern of French politics.This book represents a comprehensive examination of interest-group politics in France focusing on the overall pattern of interaction between interest groups and government. Wilson examines the structures and methods of group politics, the perspectives and attitudes of group leaders, and the place of interest groups in the broader pattern of French politics.Focusing on the overall pattrerns of interaction berween government and interest groups, Wilson draws upon extensive interviews with leading campaigners and politicians to examine the structures and methods of group politics, the perspectives and attitudes of group leaders, and the place of interest groups in the broader pattern of French politics. He concludes that neither of the two major conceptualizations of interest group/government relations is adequate to explain group politics in France. Collier suggests that the French state is much more powerful than previously recognized by these or other models of interest-group politics.List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Alternative views of interest-groups politics in western democracies; 3. interest groups and politics: the non-occupational groups; 4. Major interest groups: the occupational groups; 5. Structures of interest-group politics; 6. Interest-group actions; 7. Interest-group leaders' attitudes toward interaction with government; 8. The place of interest groups in French politics; 9. The French experience and interest-group theory-building; 10. Conclusions: interest groups and representlӑ