Abstract
The introduction to this book focuses on the discussion of a link between interest representation and its importance for democracy and factors influencing groups’ numbers and organizational behaviour. After a look at the pluralist, corporatist and neo-pluralist approaches, we focus in particular on the role for interest groups in associational, deliberative and participatory democracy. We debate whether or not interest representation is a necessary element of democracy and can the theoretical background help us in grasping it across all political systems. We address this question in the context of young, post-Communist democracies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), where we use Western European democracies as a benchmark. We argue that in the CEE countries, when studying interest groups’ populations and organizational behaviour, we have to take into consideration a number of internal and external factors. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the book’s methodology and content.
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