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1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The political power of weak interests -- Three worlds of consumer protection -- Consumer mobilization in postwar France -- Interest group coalitions and institutional structures -- Policy narratives and diffuse interest representation -- The limits of regulatory capture -- The limits of lobbying -- Coalitions and collective action. |
Summary |
"Based on a cross-national set of empirical case studies focused on the consumer, retail, credit, pharmaceutical, and agricultural sectors, Strength in Numbers develops an alternative model of interest representation. The central challenge in influencing public policy, Trumbull argues, is not organization but legitimation. How do diffuse consumer groups convince legislators that their aims are more legitimate than industry's? By forging unlikely alliances among the main actors in the process: activists, industry, and regulators. Trumbull explains how these "legitimacy coalitions" form around narratives that tie their agenda to a broader public interest, such as expanded access to goods or protection against harm. Successful legitimizing tactics explain why industry has been less powerful than is commonly thought in shaping agricultural policy in Europe and pharmaceutical policy in the United States. In both instances, weak interests carried the day."--Publisher's website. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Consumer protection.
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Consumer protection. |
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Trade regulation.
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Trade regulation. |
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Consumption (Economics) -- Political aspects.
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Consumption (Economics) -- Political aspects. |
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Consumption (Economics) |
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Consumers -- Political activity.
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Consumers -- Political activity. |
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Consumers. |
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Multi-User. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Trumbull, Gunnar. Strength in numbers. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012 9780674066410 (DLC) 2012009690 (OCoLC)784123797 |
ISBN |
9780674067714 (electronic book) |
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0674067711 (electronic book) |
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9780674066410 |
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0674066413 |
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