Insulating Democratic Institutions from Interest-Group Pressures: Constitutional Morality, Public Interest, and Comparative Regulatory Architectures The relationship between democratic institutions and interest groups constitutes one of the most enduring tensions in modern political theory and constitutional practice. While pluralist traditions—from Arthur Bentley to Robert Dahl—have celebrated interest groups as indispensable intermediaries that aggregate preferences and deepen … Continue reading To what extent should modern democratic institutions be insulated from interest-group pressures in order to preserve public interest and constitutional morality in India? Compare mechanisms adopted by different democracies to regulate lobbying and interest-group influence over public institutions.