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Author:

Trumbull, Gunnar.

Title:

Strength in numbers : the political power of weak interests / Gunnar Trumbull.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

256 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Consumer protection.
Trade regulation.
Consumption (Economics)--Political aspects.
Consumers--Political activity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-239) 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.

ISBN:

0674066413 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780674066410 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)784123797

LCCN:

2012009690

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)