Explaining Bias in Membership Numbers
An Empirical Analysis of Noneconomic Interest Groups in Germany
Authors: Zeidler, Marie Elisabeth
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Since noneconomic interest groups are important for a fair and equal interest intermediation process in Western democracies, studying the bias in their membership numbers is crucial to explain the discrepancies in the representation of different interests in the political process. This book provides important insights into the determinants of group membership by capturing factors from different analytical levels, establishing an unprecedented analysis of the membership development of noneconomic interest groups in Germany over 29 years.
- About the authors
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Marie Elisabeth Zeidler is a research and teaching fellow at the Department of Social Sciences at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
- Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Noneconomic Interest Groups, Membership, and the Question of Bias
Pages 1-33
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Explaining Interest Group Membership
Pages 35-58
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The Measurement of Membership
Pages 59-113
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Analysis of Endogenous and Exogenous Groups
Pages 115-172
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Implications and Outlook: Group Membership, Mobilization, and Bias
Pages 173-185
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Explaining Bias in Membership Numbers
- Book Subtitle
- An Empirical Analysis of Noneconomic Interest Groups in Germany
- Authors
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- Marie Elisabeth Zeidler
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-658-23092-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-658-23092-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-658-23091-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 231
- Number of Illustrations
- 18 b/w illustrations
- Topics