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The development of interest groups in the Balkans: Background and contemporary characteristics
Author(s) -
FinkHafner Danica,
Thomas Clive S.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of public affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1479-1854
pISSN - 1472-3891
DOI - 10.1002/pa.1717
Subject(s) - interest group , politics , subject (documents) , social interest , foundation (evidence) , political science , special interest group , political system , sociology , social group , epistemology , environmental ethics , social science , political economy , law , economics , computer science , library science , democracy , philosophy , welfare economics
Understanding the political development of the Balkans can be challenging even for historians and social scientists. This is particularly the case with the region's past and present interest group systems as virtually no research is available on the subject. With this in mind, this article provides basic background on the region and its fledgling interest group system as a foundation for approaching the analysis in the 7 country articles that follow. The topics considered include an overview of the common elements of the 7 group systems and their differences, developments that shaped these systems, and an initial look at the role of interest groups in consolidating the region's pluralist political systems.