This landmark theoretical book is about the mechanisms by which special interest groups affect policy in modern democracies. Defining a special interest group as any organization that takes action on behalf of an identifiable group of voters, Gene Grossman and Elhanan Helpman ask: How do special interest groups derive their power and influence? What determines the extent to whi...(展开全部)

This landmark theoretical book is about the mechanisms by which special interest groups affect policy in modern democracies. Defining a special interest group as any organization that takes action on behalf of an identifiable group of voters, Gene Grossman and Elhanan Helpman ask: How do special interest groups derive their power and influence? What determines the extent to whi...(展开全部)

This landmark theoretical book is about the mechanisms by which special interest groups affect policy in modern democracies. Defining a special interest group as any organization that takes action on behalf of an identifiable group of voters, Gene Grossman and Elhanan Helpman ask: How do special interest groups derive their power and influence? What determines the extent to whi...(展开全部)

This landmark theoretical book is about the mechanisms by which special interest groups affect policy in modern democracies. Defining a special interest group as any organization that takes action on behalf of an identifiable group of voters, Gene Grossman and Elhanan Helpman ask: How do special interest groups derive their power and influence? What determines the extent to whi...(展开全部)

作者认为，共和党的基本特征是意识形态主导，民主党的基本特征是利益群体驱动。美国公众在广泛的意识形态问题上持保守主义的立场，而在大多数具体政策问题上则持自由主义的立场，这种矛盾的状态使共和党与民主党都可以声称自己代表多数选民。同时，两党的运作并非简单的镜像反映，而是存在着根本的、长期的非对称性——从政党结构到竞选公职、从白宫决策到国会立法、从媒体影响政治到智库建言献策，两党各行其道、各得其所。美国政治的极端化也由此产生并不断加强，“极右”和“极左”的力量都在扩大，但两者的影响力仍不“对称”，共和党“右翼”的地位和影响力远在民主党“左翼”之上。极端化不仅导致两党之间在重大问题上的妥协越来越难，也在不同程度上导致两党内部的妥协越来越难，这也许就是当前美国社会“分裂”的主要原因所在。

The Republican Party is best understood as the vehicle of an ideological movement whose leaders prize commitment to conservative doctrine; Republican candidates primarily appeal to voters by emphasizing broad principles and values. In contrast, the Democratic Party is better characterized as a coalition of social groups seeking concrete government action from their allies in of...(展开全部)