Abstract
The article explores the impact of Conservative governments since 1979 on business representation. It concentrates on the trade association – the most common form of business organization in the UK but one which has been largely neglected in the discussion of business representation. The results of a major survey of trade associations conducted in 1994 are reported and their significance assessed in the light of three general propositions about the direction of business representation since 1979.
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