Business and Politics : A Study of Collective Action

This is the first comprehensive study of the origins, structure, membership, and resources of interest groups representing business firms in Canada. William Coleman shows how Canadian businesses have used such associations to acquire special privileges within the policy process and to avoid assuming...

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Main Author: Coleman, William D
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1988
Edition:1st ed
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505 0 |a Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- PART ONE: COLLECTIVE ACTION BY BUSINESS -- 1 The Political Responsibility of Business -- 2 An Overview of Business Associations -- 3 Framework for Analysis -- 4 Policy Networks and Associative Action -- PART TWO: BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS -- 5 General Business Associations -- 6 Agriculture and Corporatism -- 7 Construction -- 8 Resources: Forestry and Mining -- 9 Finance: Clientelism and Self-Regulation -- 10 Manufacturing: A Divided Community -- PART THREE: BUSINESS AND SOCIETY -- 11 Fragmentation: Two Foreign Comparisons -- 12 State Institutions and Business Associations -- 13 Business and Democracy -- Appendix: Association Domains, 1867-1980 -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z 
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