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Author Hollman, Michelle, author

Title Interest group organisation in the European Union : how internal organisational structures shape interest group agency / Michelle Hollman
Published London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge research in comparative politics
Routledge research in comparative politics.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1 An introduction to the private life of groups; Why look inside interest groups?; Why add organisational theory to the study of interest groups?; The structure of the book; 2 To have or not to have a European affairs department?; The horizontal dimension of interest group organisation: European affairs departments; National interest groups and their European affairs departments; 'Show me your departments and I tell you who you can talk to'; Summary and moderating factors
3 To include or not to include members in decision-making?The vertical dimension of interest group organisation: internal decision-making processes; Member involvement in European-level decision-making processes; 'The more, the merrier?'; Summary and moderating factors; 4 Research design, case selection, methods and data collection; Introduction; Research design, case selection and operationalisation; Case selection across three levels; Operationalisation of the main variables; Methods and data collection; Collecting the data; Working with the data; Methods-related strengths and drawbacks
5 Coordinating European affairs activity internally: the empirical analysis of groups' horizontal organisationIntroduction; How do groups internally organise European affairs?; Groups with a European affairs department; Groups without European affairs department; How does the departmental structure affect coverage?; Coverage of interest groups with a European affairs department; Coverage of interest groups without a European affairs department; Findings from the horizontal dimension
6 Reaching an organisational decision in European affairs: the empirical analysis of groups' vertical organisationIntroduction; How do groups involve members in European affairs decision-making?; Groups with extensive member involvement; Groups with limited member involvement; How does member involvement affect reactivity?; Reactivity of interest groups with extensive member involvement; Reactivity of interest groups with limited member involvement; Findings from the vertical dimension; 7 Four organisational types; Classifying interest groups; A new interest group typology
Four organisational types in the dataLimitations and strengths of the typology; 8 Conclusion; The final words; Main findings and scope; The questions which this book did not address; Where to go from here ... ; Appendices; Index
Summary "The investigation of the internal workings of interest groups opens the view on the behavioural dynamics within these organisations. By analysing their intraorganisational structures, this book explains how groups prepare to become active in the European Union and why we observe contact, conflict and cooperation of interest groups and other political actors in the European arena. The book presents four causal mechanisms which explain, on the one hand, why interest groups engage with contacts across a diverse set of political actors and, on the other hand, why some interest organisations are more actionable at the European level than others. It furthermore elaborates a typology of interest groups along intraorganisational criteria. The analysis of twelve differing case studies provides a rich empirical ground to explain how and why certain intraorganisational processes unfold within interest groups. It thereby sheds light on the behavioural organisational patterns which drive interest group agency in European multi-level politics. This book will be of key interest to students and scholars of interest groups, lobbying, European Union politics and more broadly to public policy/administration and comparative politics."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
SUBJECT European Union. fast (OCoLC)fst00916630
Subject Pressure groups -- European Union countries
Organizational effectiveness -- European Union countries
Communication in organizations -- European Union countries
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Organizational effectiveness.
Communication in organizations.
Lobbyists.
Politics and government.
Pressure groups.
Public administration -- Management.
Public institutions.
Europe.
European Union countries.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020691692
ISBN 9781351245647
1351245643
9781351245661
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9781351245654
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9781351245630
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Other Titles Interest group organization in the European Union