Are post-communist interest organizations learning to lobby?: exploring the "coming-of-age" of Central and Eastern European interest groups
In: Democratization, Band 29, Heft 7, S. 1268-1290
ISSN: 1743-890X
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In: Democratization, Band 29, Heft 7, S. 1268-1290
ISSN: 1743-890X
World Affairs Online
In: Interest groups & Advocacy, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 104-105
ISSN: 2047-7422
In: Interest groups & Advocacy, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 73-101
ISSN: 2047-7422
AbstractThis article familiarizes readers with the international research project 'The Missing Link: Exploring Organized Interests in Post-Communist Policy-Making' (OrgIntCEE). The project team has focused on how populations of organized interests in the region have evolved, how they interact with state institutions as well as the group-specific characteristics driving access to policy-makers. The project also explores how Europeanization has affected post-communist interest groups as well as other factors contributing to their "coming-of-age." We provide a comprehensive overview of the population ecology and survey datasets, while shedding light on the challenges during the data collection process. After a short overview of the project context and structure, we present some country-specific aggregated data on organizational densities and their political activity. We also reflect on potential uses for the data, before wrapping up the article with a self-critical assessment of what could have been done differently as a roadmap for future research.