Insiders versus outsiders : interest group politics in multilevel Europe /
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...
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New York, NY :
Oxford Univ Press,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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