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This examination of lobbying communities explores how interest group populations are constructed and how they influence politics and public policy. By examining how populations of interest groups are comprised, this work fills an important gap between existing theories of the origins of individual interest groups and studies of interest group influence. The population ecology model of interest communities developed here builds on insights first developed in population biology and later employed by organizational ecologists. This book should be of interest to political scientists working on lobbying and interest groups and social scientists interested in the development of organizations.

Political sociology --- United States --- Biologie des populations --- Biologie van de populaties --- Populaties [Biologie van de ] --- Population biology --- Populations [Biologie des ] --- Pressure groups --- Environmental aspects --- Biology --- Ecology --- Advocacy groups --- Interest groups --- Political interest groups --- Special interest groups (Pressure groups) --- Functional representation --- Political science --- Representative government and representation --- Lobbying --- Policy networks --- Political action committees --- Social control --- #SBIB:324H44 --- #SBIB:32H3 --- #SBIB:35H500 --- Politieke structuren: drukkingsgroepen, lobbying --- Politieke wetenschappen: inleidende werken, handboeken, methoden --- Bestuur en samenleving: algemene werken --- United States of America

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"Throughout time and across cultures, dragons have existed as part of our collective imagination, breathing fire, guarding treasure, and embodying magic. Some are evil, some are kind -- but all are fascinating. The Walt Disney Company has had a long-standing fascination with dragons, and this book -- conceived as a sketchbook handed down through generations of Disney artists -- chronicles the impact that dragons have had on Disney films, parks, and resorts. Inside these pages are the bold storyboards of Sleeping Beauty's Maleficent, color concepts of Epcot's Figment (who was green before he became purple!), playful studies of Mulan's Mushu, and production poses of Elliot from 2016's Pete's Dragon, directed by David Lowery. The illustrators -- a wide variety of animators, live-action studio artists, and Imagineers -- include Tim Burton, Rolly Crump, Marc David, Eric Goldberg, Bill Justice, John Hench, Joe Rohde, Chuck Ballew, and more."--Back cover.

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Universal health care was on the national political agenda for nearly a hundred years until a comprehensive (but not universal) health care reform bill supported by President Obama passed in 2010. The most common explanation for the failure of past reform efforts is that special interests were continually able to block reform by lobbying lawmakers. Yet, beginning in the 1970s, accelerating with the failure of the Clinton health care plan, and continuing through the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, health policy reform was alive and well at the state level. Interest Groups and Health Care Reform across the United States assesses the impact of interest groups to determine if collectively they are capable of shaping policy in their own interests or whether they influence policy only at the margins. What can this tell us about the true power of interest groups in this policy arena? The fact that state governments took action in health policy in spite of opposing interests, where the national government could not, offers a compelling puzzle that will be of special interest to scholars and students of public policy, health policy, and state politics.

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“In this highly informative book, the authors deploy rich empirical qualitative data from the financial industry to highlight the many hurdles that prevent public-private partnerships from realising their full potential, and offer insightful practical recommendations on how to remedy that situation.” —Benoît Dupont, Professor of Criminology, University of Montreal, Canada, and Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity “Cybersecurity is an immensely complex field, and public-private partnerships in the financial sector are at the very core of this complexity. This book provides rich insights into these partnerships, their internal dynamics, and tensions, appealing to those specialising in cybersecurity, public-private partnerships, security networks, and security governance.” —Chad Whelan, Associate Professor in Criminology, Deakin University, Australia “This book offers a significant blueprint for would-be cybersecurity heroes in a business where there can be no ‘second place’ finishers!” —Brigadier General Stanley J. Osserman, Jr., US Air Force (Retired) Exploring the negative social impact of cyber-attacks, this book takes a closer look at the challenges faced by both the public and private sectors of the financial industry. It is widely known amongst senior executives in both sectors that cybercrime poses a real threat, however effective collaboration between individual financial institutions and the public sector into detecting, monitoring and responding to cyber-attacks remains limited. Addressing this problem, the authors present the results from a series of interviews with cybersecurity professionals based in Canada in order to better understand the potential risks and threats that financial institutions are facing in the digital age. Offering policy recommendations for improving cybersecurity protection measures within financial institutions, and enhancing the sharing of information between the public and private sector, this book is a timely and invaluable read for those researching financial services, cybercrime and risk management, as well as finance professionals interested in cybersecurity. Dr. Pierre-Luc Pomerleau is a financial crime executive with over 15 years of experience with three large Canadian financial institutions, and an adjunct professor in the Cybersecurity program at Polytechnique Montreal, Canada. Dr. David L. Lowery is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel (cyberspace operations officer) and a three-time unit commander now serving as Professor of Homeland Security at Northcentral University, USA.

Public finance --- Private finance --- Criminal law. Criminal procedure --- Financial organisation --- Production management --- Marketing --- Computer. Automation --- marketing --- sociale interventies --- bankwezen --- risk management --- computercriminaliteit

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