scholarly journals Bringing politics back in: rethinking the role of economic interest groups in European integration

2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 637-654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emiliano Grossman
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Economic Interest ◽  
Economic Interest Groups

Where Politics Begins

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy Connolly
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Economic Interest ◽  
Competing Interests ◽  
The People ◽  
Economic Interest Groups ◽  
Harmonious Community

This chapter begins with Cicero's dialogue de Republica, examining the roles of antagonism, consensus, and institutionalization in republic politics. For Roman citizens, contest and strife were daily features of their lives, from energetic verbal and physical abuse to the emphasis on competition in political discourse. Struggle characterized the relations within the governing elite, between senate and tribunes, between senate and popular assemblies, and among familial and economic interest groups. The chapter presents Cicero as a thinker concerned with a collective of antagonists and competing interests, against conventional portrayals of his ideal republic as a homogeneous, unified, harmonious community. It highlights three themes that will recur in different ways: the place of the people; the formation of concord and consensus; and the role of aesthetics in Cicero's conception of the constitution at the republic's foundation.

Gorbachev’s Gamble

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Miller
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
The Political ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Economic Interest ◽  
Military Industrial Complex ◽  
Major Interest ◽  
Economic Interest Groups ◽  
The Military ◽  
Economic Policymaking

This chapter discusses the political challenges that Gorbachev faced while devising policy during the late 1980s, and highlights the role played by economic interest groups, including the farm lobby, heavy industries, and the military industrial complex. These lobbies dominated economic policymaking and constrained Gorbachev’s ability to implement his desired policies. The chapter describes the political base of each of the major interest groups, and assesses their goals in shaping economic policymaking. Each of these groups, the chapter notes, had strong economic reasons to oppose Chinese-style reform.

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