Understanding patterns of stakeholder participation in public commenting on bureaucratic policymaking

Evidence from the European Union

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7997705
AutoresAdriana Bunea (0000-0002-2348-9676, autor correspondente), Sergiu Lipcean (0000-0002-8944-6505)
Ano2023
Volume18
Fascículo3
Páginas874-895
Data de publicação2023-09-05
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoRegulation & Governance (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1748-5983 • E-ISSN: 1748-5991
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/rego.12551
OpenAlexW4386462190
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas38

What explains the levels and diversity of stakeholder participation in public commenting on bureaucratic policymaking? We examine a novel dataset on a stakeholder engagement mechanism recently introduced by the European Commission containing information about 1258 events organized between 2016 and 2019. We highlight the importance of administrative acts' characteristics and acknowledge the role of policy area type. Acts corresponding to early policy stages, broader in scope, less technical, and more explicit about feedback loop rules, that is, roadmaps, inception impact assessments and delegated acts, generate significantly more comments, from more diverse stakeholders, relative to legislative proposals, and draft implementing acts. Regulatory and distributive policies generate significantly more comments than interior and foreign policies. Diversity is significantly higher in distributive policies but only relative to foreign policies. We contribute by showing the power of administrative acts in influencing stakeholder participation and diversity across decision stages and policy areas and shaping bias in interest representation

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