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The organizational cohesion and political access of business: a study of comprehensive associations
Author(s) -
COLEMAN WILLIAM,
GRANT WYN
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
european journal of political research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.267
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1475-6765
pISSN - 0304-4130
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1988.tb00164.x
Subject(s) - cohesion (chemistry) , politics , political science , public relations , regional science , business , sociology , law , chemistry , organic chemistry
. This article utilizes an internationally comparative data set to examine the potentiality of comprehensive business associations to define and articulate the interests of business as a whole. We argue that the organizational structures of comprehensive associations ‐ the degree to which they integrate diverse interest areas and they compete with one another‐ are critical to the degree of probable influence gained in a given country. Using data from seven countries ‐ Austria. Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom ‐ a concept of business cohesion is constructed based on these structural properties. Having differentiated among the countries in terms of the cohesion of business associations, we then relate these differences to variations in the participation of associations in the formulation and implementation of public policy.