The Organization of Factions: Interest Mobilization and the Group Theory of Politics |
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| Authors: | Matt Grossmann |
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| Institution: | (1) University of California, Berkeley, 210 Barrows Hall, Berkeley, CA 94705, USA |
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| Abstract: | Theories of interest group mobilization are central to political science but current research on interest organizations has
not proven useful for scholars in related fields. I argue that, by adapting organizational theory to account for the particular
function of interest organizations, scholars can build a widely applied theoretical framework. The key step is an analysis
of the role that organizations play in the mobilization of influence: they are intermediaries, reliant on their constituents
and their lobbying targets. Reviewing research on ethnic politics and political economy, I demonstrate that this intermediary
view of interest organizations encourages theoretical ideas to travel between subfields.
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| Keywords: | Interest groups Factions Intermediary organizations |
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