Includes index.
Introduction
Counting the voices in the heavenly chorus: pressure participants in Washington politics / Kay Schlozman
Enumerating populations of interest organizations: the several theoretical purposes of counting / David Lowery
Numbers in a niche: lessons from mapping gay and lesbian groups in the US states / Anthony J. Nownes
The changing contours of British representation: pluralism in practice / Grant Jordan and Jamie Greenan
Multiple arenas, multiple populations: counting organized interests in Scottish public policy / Darren Halpin, Graeme Baxter and Iain MacLeod
Tracking interest group populations in the US and UK / Grant Jordan, Frank Baumgartner, John McCarthy, Sean Bevan and Jamie Greenan
The usual suspects: interest group dynamics and representation in Denmark / Peter Munk Christiansen
Mapping the WTO interest group system: exploring density, diversity and stability over time / Marcel Hannegraaff, Jan Beyers and Caelesta Braun-Poppelaars
Below which radar? mapping the activities of unregulated third sector organisations in England / John Mohan
Counting at the local level: where to stop counting? / William Maloney and Jan van Deth.
The scale of interest organization in democratic politics : data and research methods. ISBN 9780230284432. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.