The Population Ecology of Interest Representation: Comparative Perspectives

Abstract

The population ecology approach focuses on how context shapes the mobilization and maintenance of interest organizations. The bias of interest group communities is an important thread of this research: why are some interests better organized than others? The approach has been applied successfully in U.S. studies at the national and state levels, the European Union, its member states, and international organizations, and lends itself to both large N and individual case studies. The panel is open to scholars working in these diverse locations and with diverse methodologies.

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