Wyn Grant Livres

This book assesses the challenges that lobbying, particularly by big business and 'lobbyists for hire' poses for democracy and suggests how it can be effectively regulated. -- .

This book argues that the modern-day complexities of the beautiful game - corruption in the international governing body and the sport's symbiotic relationship with gambling - together with its sheer economic size require more attention from government.

A provocative study of World War II as a period of crisis that brought about significant changes in the relationship between business and the state.

Frontmatter -- Chapter 1: Introduction / GRANT, WYN -- Chapter 2: Patterns of Associative Action / TRAXLER, FRANZ -- Chapter 3: Business Interest Associations as Private Interest Governments / JACEK, HENRY J. -- Chapter 4: Sector Structure, Interests and Associative Action in the Food Processing Industry / WAARDEN, FRANS VAN -- Chapter 5: The Effect of State Institutions on Associative Action in the Food Processing Industry / PESTOFF, VICTOR -- Chapter 6: The Effect of Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining Systems on the Organizational Development of Business Interest Representation / HILBERT, JOSEF / VOELZKOW, HELMUT -- Chapter 7: Occupational Structure and Employment in the Food Processing Industry / RAINBIRD, HELEN -- Chapter 8: Agricultural Policy and the Associations of the Food Processing Industry / COLEMAN, WILLIAM D. -- Chapter 9: Retail Pressure and the Collective Reactions of the Food Processing Industry -- Chapter 10: The Food Industry and Quality Regulation / VROOM, BERT DE -- Chapter 11: Conclusions / GRANT, WYN / COLEMAN, WILLIAM -- Index