Interpreting environments: Interest group response to population ecology pressures

dc.contributor.authorHalpin, Darren
dc.contributor.authorJordan, Grant
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:45:58Z
dc.date.available2015-12-13T22:45:58Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T09:41:41Z
dc.description.abstractImportant articles in this Journal by Nownes in 2004 and Nownes and Lipinksi in 2005 demonstrate that 'population ecology' approaches are now central to interest group studies. Partly at least this move to study at population level is a consequence of the numbers of such organizations. Party scholars typically deal with far fewer cases and sui generis discussion is more defensible. Ecology seems to offer a handle on the thousands of cases that exist in the interest group field. Nownes and Lipinski stressed the importance of environmental factors in determining group populations, and challenged group scholars to address the dynamics among interest group populations. This article argues that animal-based population ecology may be an imperfect analogy to use in making sense of group circumstances. It considers the way groups respond to opportunities and constraints.
dc.identifier.issn0007-1234
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/80044
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.sourceBritish Journal of Political Science
dc.subjectKeywords: Environmental Policy; Interest Groups
dc.titleInterpreting environments: Interest group response to population ecology pressures
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage265
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage243
local.contributor.affiliationHalpin, Darren, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationJordan, Grant, University of Aberdeen
local.contributor.authoremailrepository.admin@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidHalpin, Darren, u5149695
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor160500 - POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
local.identifier.ariespublicationf5625xPUB8382
local.identifier.citationvolume39
local.identifier.doi10.1017/S0007123408000537
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-67749101877
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByf5625
local.type.statusPublished Version

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