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In: American governance and public policy
This book presents the first large-scale study of lobbying strategies and outcomes in the United States and the European Union, two of the most powerful political systems in the world. Every day, tens of thousands of lobbyists in Washington and Brussels are working to protect and promote their interests in the policymaking process. Policies emanating from these two spheres have global impactsthey set global standards, they influence global markets, and they determine global politics. Armed with extensive new data, Christine Mahoney challenges the conventional stereotypes that attribute any di
In: Public administration review: PAR, Band 68, Heft 5, S. 953-955
ISSN: 1540-6210
In: Public administration review: PAR, Band 68, Heft 5, S. 953-954
ISSN: 0033-3352
In: International studies review, Band 9, Heft 2, S. 286-289
ISSN: 1468-2486
In: Journal of European public policy, Band 14, Heft 3, S. 366-383
ISSN: 1466-4429
In: Journal of public policy, Band 27, Heft 1, S. 35-56
ISSN: 1469-7815
Scholars have avoided studying interest group influence because of the difficulty operationalising the concept. The research presented here introduces a new way of measuring lobbying success and lays out a model of its determinants. To understand why interest groups sometimes succeed and at other times fail, we must consider the institutional structure of the political system within which the advocates are operating; the characteristics of the issue at hand; and finally the characteristics of the interest group itself and their lobbying strategy. I test these factors with original data based on interviews with 149 advocates in Washington D.C. and Brussels active on a random sample of 47 policy issues. From the results, issue context emerges as a much more important determinant of lobbying success than institutional differences. The institutional differences that do emerge suggest that direct elections coupled with private campaign finance lead to winner-take-all outcomes biased in favour of wealthier business interests, while the lack of these institutional characteristics leads to more balanced policy compromises with more advocates achieving some of their policy goals.
In: International studies review, Band 9, Heft 2, S. 286-289
ISSN: 1521-9488
In: Journal of European public policy, Band 14, Heft 3, S. 366-383
ISSN: 1350-1763
In: European Union politics: EUP, Band 5, Heft 4, S. 441-466
ISSN: 1741-2757
This article investigates the ways in which government activity, or demand-side forces, influence interest mobilization and formal inclusion in the policy-making process in the European Union. Drawing on an original dataset of nearly 700 civil society groups active in the European Union, the paper provides empirical evidence of three routes by which the EU institutions influence interest group activity: (1) direct interest group subsidy; (2) manipulation of the establishment and composition of formal arenas of political debate; and (3) broader, system-wide expansion of competencies and selective development of chosen policy areas.
In: European Union politics: EUP, Band 5, Heft 4, S. 441-466
ISSN: 1465-1165
In: Interest groups & Advocacy, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 290-310
ISSN: 2047-7422
In: Journal of public policy, Band 35, Heft 2, S. 223-244
ISSN: 1469-7815
AbstractFraming plays an important role in lobbying, as interest groups strategically highlight some aspects of policy proposals while ignoring others to shape policy debates in their favour. However, due to methodological difficulties, we have remarkably little systematic data about the framing strategies of interest groups. This article therefore proposes a new technique for measuring interest group framing that is based on a quantitative text analysis of interest group position papers and official policy documents. We test this novel methodological approach on the basis of two case studies in the areas of environmental and transport policy in the European Union. We are able to identify the frames employed by all interest groups mobilised in a debate and assess their effectiveness by studying to what extent decision-makers move closer to their policy positions over the course of the policy debate.
In: APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper
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In: West European politics, Band 31, Heft 6, S. 1253-1273
ISSN: 1743-9655