DIE ZENTRALEN BEGRIFFE DER VERBANDSFORSCHUNG: 'PRESSURE GROUPS', INTERESSENGRUPPEN, VERBANDE
In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift: PVS : German political science quarterly, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 47-73
ISSN: 0032-3470
Pol'al sci group studies make use of a series of terms that are more or less definite & related, but which are nevertheless not synonymous. It is important to discover in what sense they are used by the various sociol'al & pol'al sci Sch's. In so far as they are dealing with a common phenomenon, we may say that the terms, pressure groups, lobbies & pol'al groups refers to the method of action (functional concept); that of interest group refers to the goals; & org or association deals with structure. The increasing importance of the association as the primary focal point of pol'al participation should be noted. (Tr by J. A. Broussard from IPSA.