Pressure for the Poor: The Poverty Lobby and Policy Making

by Paul F. Whiteley and Stephen J. Winyard

Book Overview

Originally published in 1987 Pressure for the Poor looks at the debate surrounding the role of pressure groups in policy making. It closely relates theories of pressure group behaviour with the findings of research into the poverty lobby in the UK. The analysis is based on interviews with leading activists in more than forty interest groups, which are all concerned with trying to influence social security policies of government in the field...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138608823
• ISBN13: 9781138608825
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"