The first book to examine the origins, nature and effectiveness of the poverty lobby. The authors draw on interviews with leading activists, MPs, and civil servants in order to assess the impact of pressure groups on the policy process.

Product Description: The always provocative Ellie Levenson is here to drive us into action. From building more affordable housing to lobbying for more ethical banking and clean drinking water for all, Ellie introduces 50 of the most pressing issues of the 21st century, giving background and explaining why now is the time to get on your feet and be heard...read more

Product Description: The impact of political lobbyists remains highly controversial. No-one has explored when they matter. This book tells readers when lobbyists count and analyzes the relationship between lobbying, policy outcomes and the impact of external factors to reveal the professional lobbyist's limited effect on policy...read more

Product Description: Protest Politics offers the first analysis of many of the single-issue protest campaigns that have hit the news headlines in recent years; campaigns which helped give currency to the idea that party-based democracy was being challenged by single-issue politics.

Product Description: The central concern of this study is to examine why people choose to join campaigning groups, such as Friends of the Earth or Amnesty, in preference to political parties. Particular emphasis is given, however, to environmental campaign groups...read more

Product Description: First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Description: An account of the political activity of pressure groups which shaped the 1993 Education Act. This study focuses upon the role of the Christian Schools Campaign which was responsible for significant changes in the 1992 and 1993 Education Acts...read more

From Brightlingsea to Twyford Down, and from OutRage! to Charter 88, British society has a strong tradition of single issue campaigning. This book provides a thorough and up-to-date anlaysis of British pressure groups and the political environment in which they operate. Rob Baggott begins by explaining the theories of democratic pressure group politics put forward by political scientists. He then goes on to explore the impact of Thatcherism, the growth of commercial lobbying, and the increase in lobbying at the European level and through high profile media campaigns. He also covers the internal workings of pressure groups, their role in the policy-making process and their relationships with political institutions and the media.

Product Description: This work aims to explore the interaction between economic and political systems and to show that each depends on the other and that the connections between the two, despite changes in political fashions and rhetoric, have increased in numerous ways, especially over the last 50 years...read more

Product Description: Pressure-group activity has increased in the British Parliament in recent years. This study examines the activities of pressure groups in relation to individual MPs, legislation, select committees, party and all-party subject groups, political consultants, and the House of Lords...read more

Product Description: During the 1970s, organized interests increasingly became involved in lobbying and advising the British government, often even administering public services. Known as "corporatism," this phenomenon involved professional organizations, trade associations, charities, and single-interest pressure groups, and was frequently the object of public hostility...read more

Product Description: The first book to examine the origins, nature and effectiveness of the poverty lobby. The authors draw on interviews with leading activists, MPs, and civil servants in order to assess the impact of pressure groups on the policy process.

Product Description: How much do pressure groups influence politics in Britain? Who gets consulted and why? What are the dynamics of group-department interaction? This work looks at both the historical relationship between government and pressure groups and at the operation of pressure politics in Britain today...read more