- Title Pages
- About this publication
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations
- Standard Country Abbreviations Used in the Tables and Figures
- List of Contributors
- 1 Citizens and the State: A Changing Relationship?
- 2 Electoral Participation
- 3 Beyond Electoral Participation
- 4 Political Parties in Decline?
- 5 Party Membership and Party Representativeness
- 6 Party Positions and Voter Orientations
- 7 Relationships Between Citizens and Political Parties
- 8 Intermediate Organizations and Interest Representation
- 9 The Dynamics of Trust in Politicians
- 10 Confidence in Political and Private Institutions
- 11 Support for the Democratic System
- 12 Political Support in East–Central Europe
- 13 Support for Democratic Values
- 14 Citizens and the State: A Relationship Transformed
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Intermediate Organizations and Interest Representation
Intermediate Organizations and Interest Representation
- Chapter:
- (p.227) 8 Intermediate Organizations and Interest Representation
- Source:
- Citizens and the State
- Author(s):
Kees Aarts
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Political and social linkages are widely regarded as indispensable for the stability of political regimes. If such linkages deteriorate, stability can suffer. This chapter investigates some indicators of linkage health, considering first the development of organizational membership in a general sense, and then turning to the development of trade union membership, which is the most widespread traditional form of linkage. The final section deals with new social movements creating new types of linkage.
Keywords: political linkage, social linkage, trade unions
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- Title Pages
- About this publication
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations
- Standard Country Abbreviations Used in the Tables and Figures
- List of Contributors
- 1 Citizens and the State: A Changing Relationship?
- 2 Electoral Participation
- 3 Beyond Electoral Participation
- 4 Political Parties in Decline?
- 5 Party Membership and Party Representativeness
- 6 Party Positions and Voter Orientations
- 7 Relationships Between Citizens and Political Parties
- 8 Intermediate Organizations and Interest Representation
- 9 The Dynamics of Trust in Politicians
- 10 Confidence in Political and Private Institutions
- 11 Support for the Democratic System
- 12 Political Support in East–Central Europe
- 13 Support for Democratic Values
- 14 Citizens and the State: A Relationship Transformed
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
