The chapters in this volume reconsider fundamental premises about state and society in advanced capitalist countries.

Preface; Introduction Suzanne Berger; Part I. The determinants of interest group formation: 1. 'Fictitious bonds ... of wealth and law' Charles S. Maier; 2. Class formation, interest articulation and public policy Jurgen Kocka; 3. Regime and interest representation Suzanne Berger; 4. Local corporatism Gudmund Hernes and Arne Selvik; Part II. The functioning of interest groups; 5. The attribution of public status to interest groups Claus Offe; 6. German interest group alliances in war and inflation, 1914-1923 Gerald D. Feldman; 7. Corporatism and official hegemony John T. S. Keeler; 8. The internal politics of trade unions Charles F. Sabel; Part III. State, society and representation: the changing relationship; 9. Interests and parties in pluralism Alessandro Pizzorno; 10. Interest intermediation and regime governability in contemporary Western Europe and North America Philippe C. Schmitter; 11. May 1968 and the Hot Autumn of 1969 Michele Salvati; 12. A century of politics and interests in Spain Juan J. Linz; Index.