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Strength in numbers : the political power of weak interests
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Strength in numbers : the political power of weak interests

Author: Gunnar Trumbull
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2012.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Consumers feel powerless in the face of big industry, and the dominant view of economic regulators agrees with them. Trumbull argues that this represents a misreading of the historical record and the  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Gunnar Trumbull
ISBN: 9780674066410 0674066413
OCLC Number: 784123797
Description: 256 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The political power of weak interests --
Three worlds of consumer protection --
Consumer mobilization in postwar France --
Interest group coalitions and institutional structures --
Policy narratives and diffuse interest representation --
The limits of regulatory capture --
The limits of lobbying --
Coalitions and collective action.
Responsibility: Gunnar Trumbull.
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Trumbull attacks head on the Olson tradition of diffuse versus concentrated interests, which suggests that the concentrated will always defeat the diffuse. He argues that the diffuse often wins at Read more...

 
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