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1 online resource |
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Cover; Insiders versus Outsiders: Interest Group Politics in Multilevel Europe; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1: Introduction; The Argument in a Nutshell; Studying Interest Groups in Multilevel Europe; The State of the Art; The Value Added; A Short Guide through This Book; 2: Lobbying Insiders and Lobbying Outsiders; Group Type and Collective Action Problems; Interest Groups' Endowment with Resources; Choosing a Lobbying Strategy and a Lobbying Target; Gaining Access and Exercising Influence; Conclusion; 3: Studying Lobbying in Multilevel Europe |
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The Actor-Centred SurveyThe Policy-Centred Survey; Conclusion; 4: A Map of Interest Group Activity in Europe; Business Associations Dominate the Interest Group Landscape; Most Interest Groups are Small and Resource-Poor Organizations; Interest Representation is the Groups' Main Activity; The Average Interest Group is Quite Specialized; Interest Representation has a Broad Meaning for Groups; Many Interest Groups in Europe are Multilevel Players; Interest Groups Use a Broad Variety of Tactics; Inside and Outside Tactics are Used by Different Groups; Conclusion |
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5: Strategies I: Gaining Access or Going PublicTheorizing Interest Group Strategies; Analysing the Use of Individual Tactics; Moving from Tactics to Interest Group Strategies; Descriptive Evidence; Choosing a Strategy on National Legislation; Choosing a Strategy on EU Legislation; The System of Interest Representation and Interest Group Strategies; Extending the Analysis: The Perceived Usefulness of Tactics; Conclusion; 6: Strategies II: Insiders and Outsiders in Three Campaigns; Issue Characteristics and Interest Group Strategies; Interest Group Tactics on Cases and in General |
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Operationalizing Interest Group Strategies and PredictorsAnalysing the Use of Individual Tactics; The Effect of Group Type and Resources on Interest Group Strategies; Do Interest Groups Tailor their Strategy to a Specific Campaign?; Conclusion; 7: Europeanization: Business Associations as Multilevel Players; Theorizing the Europeanization of National Interest Groups; Operationalizing Europeanization and Predictors; Analysing Variation in the Europeanization of Interest Groups; Extending the Analysis: From EU Legislation to Broader EU Lobbying; Conclusion; 8: Access: Bias in the Heavenly Choir |
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Theorizing Access to Decision-Makers in Multilevel EuropeOperationalizing Access and Predictors; Descriptive Evidence; Analysing Access to National Institutions; Analysing Access to EU Institutions; Variation Across Policy Areas?; Extending the Analysis: The Perceived Difficulty of Access; Conclusion; 9: Influence: Lobbying, Public Salience, and Outcomes; Interest Groups, Public Opinion, and Public Policy; Three Cases of Lobbying Success and Failure; Derailing the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; Defining a European Position in the Post-Kyoto Negotiations; Passing the Fiscal Compact |
| Summary |
What explains differences in the lobbying behaviour of interest groups? And what consequences do these differences have for the access that interest groups can gain to decision-makers and the influence that they can exert on policy outcomes? Building on an unprecedented amount of empirical evidence on lobbying in Europe, this book puts forward a distinction between lobbying insiders and lobbying outsiders. Lobbying insiders, most prominently business interests, try to establish direct contacts with decision-makers, enjoy good access to executive institutions, and manage to shape policy outcomes when mobilizing the public on an issue is difficult. Lobbying outsiders, in particular citizen groups such as consumer, environmental or health non-governmental organizations, put greater emphasis on mobilizing the public or changing public attitudes, find it easier to gain access to legislative decision-makers, and have the greatest impact on outcomes on issues that are amenable to an outside lobbying campaign. The book shows that a single argument, building on group types as the main variable, can explain variation across interest groups in their choice of strategy, their access to decision-makers, and the conditions under which they can exert influence |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Pressure groups -- Groups
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Lobbying -- Europe
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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Lobbying
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European Union.
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Lobby.
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Companies.
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Civil society.
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Non-governmental organizations.
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Politics.
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Strategy.
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Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mateo, Gemma, author.
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| ISBN |
9780191827501 |
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0191827509 |
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9780191088490 |
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0191088498 |
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