Interest Group Access to the Bureaucracy, Parliament, and the Media
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6264992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz (0000-0002-5059-0251, Aarhus University), Peter Munk Christiansen (0000-0001-8808-500X, Aarhus University), Helene Helboe Pedersen (0000-0002-2630-4518, Aarhus University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 95-112 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-1895 • E-ISSN: 1468-0491 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/gove.12089 |
| OpenAlex | W1599520369 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 220 |
| References cited | 58 |
A key issue for interest groups and policymakers is the ways through which organized interests voice their interests and influence public policy. This article combines two perspectives on interest group representation to explain patterns of interest group access to different political arenas. From a resource exchange perspective, it argues that access to different political arenas is discrete as it is determined by the match between the supply and demands of interest groups and gatekeepers—politicians, bureaucrats, and reporters. From a partly competing perspective, it is argued that access is cumulative and converges around wealthy and professionalized groups. Based on a large‐scale investigation of group presence in Danish political arenas, the analyses show a pattern of privileged pluralism. This describes a system where multiple political arenas provide opportunities for multiple interests but where unequally distributed resources produce cumulative effects (i.e., the same groups have high levels of arena access
Bureaucracy · Epistemology · Interest group · Parliament · Perspective (graphical · Pluralism (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Public interest · Public relations · Representation (politics · Sociology · Special Interest Group · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 220 |
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| Citations per year | 18,33 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 219 |