Political Species: The Evolution and Diversity of Private Organizations in Politics

ISBN-13: 9781032080178 / Angielski

Karsten Ronit

Opis

Political Species expertly argues that evolutionary biology provides important insight for analyzing the proliferation of private actors/organizations in domestic and global politics. Ronit emphasizes that individuals are affected by and contribute to societal, cultural, and political evolution through a range of formal organizations.

Spis treści

List of illustrations,  Preface,  Abbreviations,  1. Introduction 2. Evolution 3. Ecology 4. Biogeography 5. Niche 6. Competition 7. Adaption 8. Taxonomy 9. Conclusion,  Bibliography,  Index

O autorze

Karsten Ronit is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has been a visiting professor at universities and research institutions in Germany, the USA, Canada and Australia. He is former chair of the Research Committee 38 on Politics and Business of the International Political Science Association. He is a reviewer of manuscripts for different journals and presses and national research councils. He has a broad competence in the study of organized interests with special expertise in business and employer associations, civil society organizations and other intermediary institutions. He takes an interest in the comparative aspects of politics and business and examines how business and civil society operate in different national contexts. He is also engaged in projects examining the behavior of business and civil society organizations at the international level, and how business and civil society organizations are involved in policy-making with intergovernmental agencies. He has published in a number of international journals, contributed to many books and has most recently published the monographs Global Consumer Organizations (Routledge, 2015) and Global Business Associations (Routledge, 2018).