Elites in the Policy Process by Robert Presthus - 9780521134576

Elites in the Policy ProcessAuthor(s): Robert Presthus\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521134576, 978-0521134576\nSynopsis\nOriginally published in 1974, this volume presents the results of a five-year study, funded by the Canada Council, the main objectives of which were to assemble a comprehensive amount of empirical information on the structure and process of interest groups and the nature of their interactions and influence vis--vis government, and to provide a theoretical account and explanation of interest groups in the policy-making process by a comparative analysis of their behavior in two different political systems, [url] parliamentary and presidential. Three elite groups (interest group executives, legislators, and higher civil servants, numbering 2400 in all), were interviewed at length in eight areas: Washington [url] Michigan, Louisiana, Washington State, Ottawa, Ontario, Quebec.