Inclui índice

I. A theory of groups and organizations -- The purpose of organization -- Public goods and large groups -- The traditional theory of groups -- Small groups -- "Exclusive" and "inclusive" groups -- A taxonomy of groups II. Group size and group behavior -- The coherence and effectiveness of small groups -- Problems of the traditional theories -- Social incentives and rational behavior III. The labor union and economic freedom -- Coercion in labor unions -- Labor-union growth in theory and practice -- The closed shop and economic freedom in the latent group -- Government intervention and economic freedom in the latent group IV. Orthodox theories of state and class -- The economists' theory of the state -- The marxian theory of state and class -- The logic of the marxian theory V. Orthodox theories of pressure groups -- The philosophical view of pressure groups -- Institutional economics and the pressure group - John R. Commons -- Modern theories of pressure groups - Bentley, Truman, Latham -- The logic of groups theory VI. The "by-product" and "special interest" theories -- The "by-product" theory of large pressure groups -- Labor lobbies -- Professional lobbies --The "special interest" theory and business lobbies -- Government promotion of political pressure -- Farm cooperatives and farm lobbies -- Noneconomic lobbies -- The "forgotten groups" - those who suffer in silence