Preface Acknowledgements Part I. Political Theory and Political Culture: 1. The theory of elite accommodation 2. The Canadian political culture 3. Theoretical aspects of interest group analysis Part II. Canadian Interest Groups: Structure, Role, Resources, Effectiveness: 4. The structure of interest groups 5. Political resources of interest groups 6. The political role of interest groups 7. The political effectiveness of interest groups Part III. The Structure and Process of Elite Accommodation: 8. Patterns of elite accommodation 9. The structure of elite interaction 10. Socioeconomic bases of elite accommodation 11. Ideological and cognitive and effective continuities 12. The structure of variance Part IV. Interest Groups in the Canadian Political System: 13. The consequences of elite accommodation A methodological note Index.