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The organization of business interests: studying the associative action of business in advanced industrial societies

Die Organisation wirtschaftlicher Interessen: das Verhalten von Wirtschaftsverbänden in entwickelten Industriegesellschaften
[working paper]

Schmitter, Philippe C.
Streeck, Wolfgang

Corporate Editor
Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung

Abstract

"The paper presents a theoretical outline for a cross-national comparative study of business associations. It identifies two clusters of independent variables that are assumed to affect the structure of intermediary organizations: properties of the represented group ('Logic of Membership') and prope... view more

"The paper presents a theoretical outline for a cross-national comparative study of business associations. It identifies two clusters of independent variables that are assumed to affect the structure of intermediary organizations: properties of the represented group ('Logic of Membership') and properties of the state and other political institutions such as trade unions ('Logic of Influence'). It goes on to develop a model of the organizational properties of business associations as they respond to these two logics and to other functional exigencies ('Logic of Goal Formation' and 'Logic of Effective Implementation'). In a further step, the paper suggests four dimensions ('domains', 'structures', 'resources', 'outputs') in which the 'organizational development' of interest associations from lower to higher levels of 'organizational complexity' and 'strategic autonomy' can be studied." (author's abstract)... view less


"Das Papier enthält einen theoretischen Entwurf für eine international vergleichende Studie von Wirtschaftsverbänden. Es benennt zwei Gruppen von unabhängigen Variablen, die die Struktur von intermediären Organisationen beeinflussen: Eigenschaften der vertretenen Gruppen ('Mitglieder-Logik') und Eig... view more

"Das Papier enthält einen theoretischen Entwurf für eine international vergleichende Studie von Wirtschaftsverbänden. Es benennt zwei Gruppen von unabhängigen Variablen, die die Struktur von intermediären Organisationen beeinflussen: Eigenschaften der vertretenen Gruppen ('Mitglieder-Logik') und Eigenschaften des Staates und anderer politischer Institutionen wie der Gewerkschaften ('Einfluß-Logik'). Im Anschluß daran wird ein Modell der organisatorischen Eigenschaften von Interessenverbänden als Ausdruck der Einwirkung der beiden genannten 'Logiken' sowie anderer funktionaler Zwänge ('Logik der Zielformierung', 'Logik der effektiven Zielverwirklichung') entwickelt. Danach werden vier organisatorische Dimensionen vorgeschlagen ('Domänen', 'Strukturen', 'Ressourcen', 'Tätigkeiten'), in denen die 'organisatorische Entwicklung' von Interessenverbänden von niedrigeren zu höheren Niveaus 'organisierter Komplexität' und 'strategischer Autonomie' untersucht werden kann." (Autorenreferat)... view less

Keywords
trade association; industrial society; interest group; representation of interests; pressure-group politics; organization; membership; political influence; organizational structure

Classification
Organizational Sociology
Sociology of Economics

Method
descriptive study; theory application

Document language
English

Publication Year
1999

City
Köln

Page/Pages
95 p.

Series
MPIfG Discussion Paper, 99/1

Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/43739

ISSN
1864-4325

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications

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