The roles of professional and trade associations |
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| Authors: | Clive Bradley |
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| Institution: | (1) The Publishers Association, 19 Bedford Square, WC1B 3HJ London |
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| Abstract: | 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.
Clive Bradley has been chief executive of the British Publishers Association since 1976 and director of the Confederation
of Information Communication Industries since 1984. A barrister who studied law at Cambridge and Yale Universities, he has
made special studies of the laws of copyright and industrial relations and of European law.
This article was adapted from a presentation given at the seminar “East Meets West: Copyright and the Publisher in a Market
Economy”, held in Hamburg in March 1991. |
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