Researching Interest Group Politics in Europe and Elsewhere
Much We Study, Little We Know
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8041846 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan Beyers (0000-0002-8287-1162), Rainer Eising (0000-0001-9843-6918), William A Maloney (0000-0002-2618-1618), William Maloney |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1103-1128 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402380802370443 |
| OpenAlex | W1970174000 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 230 |
| References cited | 67 |
While understanding interest group systems remains crucial to understanding the functioning of advanced democracies, the study of interest groups remains a somewhat niche field within political science. Nevertheless, during the last 15 years, the academic interest in group politics has grown and we reflect on the state of the current literature. The main objective is to take stock, consider the main empirical and theoretical/conceptual achievements, but most importantly, to reflect upon potential fertile future research avenues. In our view interest group studies would be reinvigorated and would benefit from being reintegrated within the broader field of political science, and more particularly, the comparative study of government
Comparative politics · Economics · Empirical research · Epistemology · Government (linguistics · Interest group · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · State (computer science · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Social Policy and Reform Studies
The Multiplicity of Muhammadiyah’s Political Engagement in Indonesia’s DPD Election
Open Government
Interest Groups, History of
The Global Historical and Contemporary Impacts of Voluntary Membership Associations on Human Societies
Civil Society's Democratic Potential
Their Members’ Voice
Comparative Foreign Policy Analysis
NGOs environmental legal mobilization and their access to the Spanish Supreme Court
How Regions Assemble in Brussels
Bureaucrats, interest groups and policymaking
Disputes over intellectual rights in Brazil
Indian diaspora in Europe and its interest representation in immigration policies – the UK as a case study
Birmingham and the (International) Business of Live Music in Times of Covid-19
Credibility in enhanced self‐regulation
Dominatarian Theory of Regional Integration
A Case in Relations between Great Powers and Small States—France’s Recognition of Finnish Independence, 1917–1918
Controlling corporate influence in health policy making? An assessment of the implementation of article 5.3 of the World Health Organization framework convention on tobacco control
Shaping party policies from within? Organisational conditions and policy-seeking strategies of German youth wings
From Fragmentation to Integration
Legal Mobilisation in EU Foreign Policy
The survival of interest groups
The populist turn in EU politics and the intermediary role of civil society organisations
Interest group representation in the formal design of European Union agencies
How do private companies shape responses to migration in Europe? Informality, organizational decisions, and transnational change
Informational lobbying in a Polish-German comparative perspective
Kenya’s Business Networks
Short-term volatility in the EU interest community
Informational Lobbying in the European Union
Getting a Seat at the Table
Beliefs of political leaders
Protest Actions against the European Union, 1992–2007
Converging Perspectives on Interest Group Research in Europe and America
Clientelism, Committees, Pluralism and Protests in the European Union
Opportunity Structures in the EU Multi-Level System
Intersectionality, NGOs and executives
RebalancingEUInterest Representation? Associative Democracy andEUFunding of Civil Society Organizations
Still the main show in town? Assessing political saliency of the Bologna Process across time and space
Looking for Ariadne’s thread
Microcredit expansion and informal donor interests
Building the Plane While Flying It
Party-group disentanglement in the Italian case
The politics of intermediation in transitions
Die Kommunikation politischer Interessengruppen in Deutschland
Organised Interests in the Energy Sector
Societal Inclusion in Expert Venues
The Representative Potential of Interest Groups
Friends and Interveners
The Limits of Territorial Interest Representation in the European Union
Extra-parliamentarian political power and (social) media visibility
Beyond Usual Suspects? Inclusion and Influence of Non-State Actors in Online Public Consultations in Croatia
Examining How Equalities Nonprofit Organizations Approach Policy Influencing to Achieve Substantive Representation in Sub-State Government Policymaking
The impact of the EU accession process and EU funding on the professionalization of national interest groups
Strategies, access and influence
The brash and the soft-spoken
Why interest organizations do what they do
Competition and strategic differentiation among transnational advocacy groups
Persuading the independent
When illiberalism looms-mortality anxiety and the perceived existential threat among Polish and Slovenian interest groups
When local governments win (and when they lose)
Defining and classifying interest groups
Close cousins or false friends? Studying interest groups and Ingos
Interest group strategies and policy involvement
Formal ties between interest groups and members of parliament
The Comparative Interest Group-survey project
Population ecology of interest groups in India
Made to measure
Advocacy group effects in global governance
Behind success stories
Analyzing varieties of (post-enlargement) Europeanization in CEE advocacy organizations across policy fields
Exploring the impact of partisan gatekeeping on interest group representation and bias
Explaining the German lobbying register law and its reform
Influence of different stakeholders on the duration of legislative decision-making in the European Union
Is measuring interest group influence a mission impossible? The case of interest group influence in the Danish parliament
Lobbying the European Green Deal
Opening the black box
Keeping the status quo
The game of goodwill
Uncovering interest group participation in Germany
Lobbying and policy conflict
The long shadow of lobbying
Informational lobbying and activist resources
Quality over quantity? Technical information, interest advocacy and school closures in Sweden
Policy-centred sampling in interest group research
It’s the communication that matters, too! Determinants of interest groups’ media exposure in German newspapers
Beyond the usual suspects
A matter of information, discussion and consequences? Exploring the accountability practices of interest groups in the EU
The power of coalitions
Transnational partnerships’ strategies in global fisheries governance
The organisational development of interest groups in Montenegro and Slovenia
Maintaining registration and tax benefits
Lobbying for corporate due diligence
Two-front individualization
Bottom up
Studying Interest Groups
Framing processes and lobbying in EU foreign policy
What Is Access? A Discussion of the Definition and Measurement of Interest Group Access
Mobiliser l’Union européenne dans la conduite de l’action publique nationale
Religious lobbying and policy influence
Transnational Advocacy over Time
Transnational Private Environmental Rule Makers as Interest Organizations
The governmental process
Basic Interests
Restructuring Europe
The Population Ecology of Interest Representation
Outside Lobbying
Mobilizing Interest Groups in America
Democracy and Interest Groups
High-Tech Europe
The Transformation of Governance in the European Union
An Exchange Theory of Interest Groups
Liberal Corporatism and Party Government
Information, Lobbying and the Legislative Process in the European Union
Organizing for Collective Action
Political Organizations
American Business and Political Power
The Logic of Collective Action
Defining Interests
Citizen Groups and the Changing Nature of Interest Group Politics in America
The impact of European economic integration on business associations
Interest Groups in the European Union
Social movements and the changing structure of political opportunity in the European union 1
From National Corporatism to Transnational Pluralism
The European Business Interest and the Nation State
Counting organized interests in the European Union
Corporate lobbying in the European Union
Critical resource dependencies and the Europeanization of domestic interest groups
The state and interest groups in a framework of multi‐level decision‐making
Non-state actors and false dichotomies
Multilevel Governance and Business Interests in the European Union
Gaining and seeking access
Policy networks in a multi‐level system
Social movements
Enlargement Waves’ and Interest Group Participation in the EU Policy-Making System
Opportunity Structures in the EU Multi-Level System
Strategies of Influence
Interest Group Strategies
Pressure Politics
The Question of Interest Group Influence
Empirical and theoretical studies in EU lobbying
Representing diffuse interests in EC policy-making
Europeanizing’ Civil Society
Institutional Context, Organizational Resources and Strategic Choices
Voice and Access
The Power of Institutions
Dimensions and types of policy networks
Bureaucrats, Politicians, and Societal Interests
Liberal Corporatism and Party Government
Strong States and Weak States
Social Policy in the United States
| Unique citing works | 230 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 12,78 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 229 |