Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of boxes viii
4. List of tables x
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Classifying Pressure Groups 28
7. 2 How Pressure Groups Operate 44
8. 3 Pressure Group Resources and Success 66
9. 4 Trends in Group Activity since 1979 86
10. 5 Protest Politics and Direct Action 110
11. 6 Pressure Groups and the Devolved Legislatures 135
12. 7 Lobbying the European Union 166
13. 8 The Abolition of Hunting with Dogs: an English, Welsh and Scottish Case Study 187
14. 9 Pressure Groups and Democracy 206
15. References 223
16. Index 230