The Decentralization of Business in Britain

Abstract

This paper investigates business interest representation in Britain. It examines the nature of direct firm contact with government in comparison to group-mediated contact and in doing so helps fill the general information gap about business political activities. Robert Salisbury's distinction between institutional and group representation and the macro-economic implications Mancur Olson draws from the relative "encompassingness" of interest representation contribute the theoretical context. An analysis of survey data reveals that business interest representation is decentralized to institutions rather than groups, with only a relatively limited role for the Confederation of British Industry--the most encompassing of groups.

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