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Private Preferences for Public Goods: Towards a Model for the Interaction of Pressure Group and Electoral Politics
Author(s) -
Willis David
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
scandinavian political studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9477
pISSN - 0080-6757
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9477.1986.tb00332.x
Subject(s) - politics , collective action , public good , underpinning , interest group , representation (politics) , economics , context (archaeology) , welfare state , fragmentation (computing) , government (linguistics) , political science , political economy , economic system , microeconomics , computer science , law , biology , engineering , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , civil engineering , operating system
This essay explores two contrasting paradigms of collective action in the context of some observed anomalies in the development of the welfare states, focussing on private interest mod& of public expenditure growth versus models emphasising social choice and the degree of congruence between the political responsiveness of interest groups to the public expenditure crisis since the early 1970s, and the assumptions underpinning these models on political behaviour in the mixed economies. A bifurcation of the political system, resulting from the development of systems of functional interests representation alongside parliamentary and representative government, gives rise to a potential for strong governments to maintain regime support because of, rather than despite, the political fragmentation of majorities.