03544nam 2200781Ia 450 991095651480332120251117095645.09786613681300978128077053112807705389780300167580030016758X10.12987/9780300167580(CKB)2550000000104173(StDuBDS)AH24487555(SSID)ssj0000694218(PQKBManifestationID)11444051(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000694218(PQKBWorkID)10666904(PQKB)11090486(MiAaPQ)EBC3420874(DE-B1597)485744(OCoLC)801411247(DE-B1597)9780300167580(Au-PeEL)EBL3420874(CaPaEBR)ebr10571000(CaONFJC)MIL368130(OCoLC)923598529(Perlego)1089730(OCoLC)801411247(EXLCZ)99255000000010417320111118d2012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe vulnerability thesis interest group influence and institutional design /Lorelei K. Moosbrugger1st ed.New Haven Yale University Pressc20121 online resource (288 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780300166798 0300166796 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Interest Group Influence And Institutional Design -- 2. The Vulnerability Thesis -- 3. Evidence From The Environment -- 4. The European Union -- 5. The United Kingdom: Minority Influence And Majority Rule -- 6. Germany: The Politics Of Paying The Polluter -- 7. Austria: Political Cover And Policy Choice -- 8. Sweden: Minority Representation And The Majority Interest -- 9. Institutional Design And The Quality Of Democracy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexWhere politics is dominated by two large parties, as in the United States, politicians should be relatively immune to the influence of small groups. Yet narrow interest groups often win private benefits against majority preferences and at great public expense. Why? The "vulnerability thesis" is that the electoral system is largely to blame, making politicians in two-party systems more vulnerable to interest group demands than politicians in multiparty systems. Political scientist Lorelei Moosbrugger ranks democracies on a continuum of political vulnerability and tests the thesis by examining agrochemical policy in Austria, Britain, Germany, Sweden, and the European Union.MajoritiesCase studiesMajoritiesPressure groupsCase studiesPressure groupsRepresentative government and representationCase studiesRepresentative government and representationMajoritiesMajorities.Pressure groupsPressure groups.Representative government and representationRepresentative government and representation.322.4/3Moosbrugger Lorelei K1810062MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956514803321The vulnerability thesis4361195UNINA