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- catalog abstract "Originally published in 1973, the main objectives of this study were to bring together a comprehensive amount of empirical information on the structure and process of interest groups and the nature of their interaction and influence vis-á-vis government (a great deal of such information existed regarding the USA but the subject had been somewhat neglected in the case of Canada) and also to provide a theoretical explanation of interest groups in the political process by a comparative analysis of their behaviour in the two different political and cultural systems of Canada and the USA. The implications of the study are developed within the framework of the theory of elite accommodation, which attempts to explain interest-group behaviour in the context of the larger socio-political system. Arguing that Canada should be included in the category of 'consociational' societies--i.e. relatively stable societies characterised by deep cleavages of religion and ethnicity, such as Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland - the author shows how accommodation between governmental and private elites encourages democratic stability in Canada in two ways: in a 'nation-saving' context and also on the operational level of allocating social resources.--Publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b510365.
- catalog coverage "Canada Politics and government.".
- catalog created "1973.".
- catalog date "1973".
- catalog date "1973.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1973.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Originally published in 1973, the main objectives of this study were to bring together a comprehensive amount of empirical information on the structure and process of interest groups and the nature of their interaction and influence vis-á-vis government (a great deal of such information existed regarding the USA but the subject had been somewhat neglected in the case of Canada) and also to provide a theoretical explanation of interest groups in the political process by a comparative analysis of their behaviour in the two different political and cultural systems of Canada and the USA. The implications of the study are developed within the framework of the theory of elite accommodation, which attempts to explain interest-group behaviour in the context of the larger socio-political system. Arguing that Canada should be included in the category of 'consociational' societies--i.e. relatively stable societies characterised by deep cleavages of religion and ethnicity, such as Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland - the author shows how accommodation between governmental and private elites encourages democratic stability in Canada in two ways: in a 'nation-saving' context and also on the operational level of allocating social resources.--Publisher description.".
- catalog description "pt. 1 Political theory and political culture -- The theory of elite accommodation -- The Canadian political culture -- Theoretical aspects of interest group analysis -- pt. 2 Canadian interest groups: structure, role, resources, effectiveness -- The structure of interest groups -- Political resources of interest groups -- The political role of interest groups -- The political effectiveness of interest groups -- pt. 3 The structure and process of elite accommodation -- Patterns of elite accommodation -- The structure of elite interaction -- Socioeconomic bases of elite accommodation -- Ideological and cognitive and effective continuities -- The structure of variance -- pt. 4 Interest groups in the Canadian political system -- The consequences of elite accommodation.".
- catalog extent "xii, 372 p.".
- catalog identifier "0521086957".
- catalog issued "1973".
- catalog issued "1973.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge [Eng.] University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Canada Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "Canada.".
- catalog subject "322.4/3/0971".
- catalog subject "Elite (Social sciences)".
- catalog subject "JL167 .P7".
- catalog subject "Political elites Canada".
- catalog subject "Political participation Canada.".
- catalog subject "Pressure groups Canada.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1 Political theory and political culture -- The theory of elite accommodation -- The Canadian political culture -- Theoretical aspects of interest group analysis -- pt. 2 Canadian interest groups: structure, role, resources, effectiveness -- The structure of interest groups -- Political resources of interest groups -- The political role of interest groups -- The political effectiveness of interest groups -- pt. 3 The structure and process of elite accommodation -- Patterns of elite accommodation -- The structure of elite interaction -- Socioeconomic bases of elite accommodation -- Ideological and cognitive and effective continuities -- The structure of variance -- pt. 4 Interest groups in the Canadian political system -- The consequences of elite accommodation.".
- catalog title "Elite accommodation in Canadian politics [by] Robert Presthus.".
- catalog type "text".