caa a22 4500 46903677X CHVBK 20180323132757.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02677987 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02677987 Bradley Clive The Publishers Association, 19 Bedford Square, WC1B 3HJ, London aut The roles of professional and trade associations [Elektronische Daten] [Clive Bradley] Under the former Communist regimes, trade associations were often effectively instruments of government. They now have to acquire a new role in the emergent democracies. But trade associations have few resources, are difficult to manage, and are subject to legal restraints. Yet these groups have an enormous job: to act on behalf of their members, to represent them to the government and other groups, and to achieve what they as an industry want and need. This requires that members reach a common position and provide support and assistance. It also requires that the association delegate some activities to commercial operators. A variety of book trade associations is described. Transaction Publishers, 1992 Publishing Research Quarterly Springer-Verlag 8/2(1992-06-01), 59-68 1053-8801 8:2<59 1992 8 12109 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02677987 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02677987 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Bradley Clive The Publishers Association, 19 Bedford Square, WC1B 3HJ, London aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Publishing Research Quarterly Springer-Verlag 8/2(1992-06-01), 59-68 1053-8801 8:2<59 1992 8 12109 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer