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The Influence of Organization Ecology Research on Population Ecology of Interest Representation: Present Practices and Future Prospects

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The Organization Ecology of Interest Communities

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The population ecology (PE) approach to the study of interest representation (see, for instance, Gray and Lowery 1996) gave the sub-field a solid rationale to take an aggregate view of interest organizations, focusing on dynamics at the population level, rather than processes of formation and maintenance at the level of individual groups.

I would like to thank Bert Fraussen for his very helpful comments on an earlier version of this chapter.

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  2. Australian National University, Australia

    Darren Halpin

  3. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA

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Halpin, D.R. (2015). The Influence of Organization Ecology Research on Population Ecology of Interest Representation: Present Practices and Future Prospects. In: Lowery, D., Halpin, D., Gray, V. (eds) The Organization Ecology of Interest Communities. Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137514318_12

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