On the advantages of a well-constructed lobbying system: toward a more democratic, modern lobbying processSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 6 - Trang 290-310 - 2017
Lee Drutman, Christine Mahoney
The American lobbying information processing system is woefully outdated. The
mechanisms by which citizen, interest group, and business concerns are
incorporated into the policymaking process have largely not been updated in over
200 years. Lobbyists set up meetings with staffers and members of Congress and
share position papers with them about their arguments on a given policy issue.
There is no ... hiện toàn bộ
Approaching the legitimacy of self-appointed representatives: from responsiveness to reflexivitySpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 11 - Trang 416-433 - 2022
Jessica Nuske
The paper offers an extensive theoretical discussion of and a contribution to
the highly relevant, controversial, and normatively charged debate on the
legitimacy of interest groups as non-elected, self-appointed representatives.
The contribution of this paper is twofold. First, the paper juxtaposes two
diverging approaches on legitimacy of interest groups, namely responsiveness as
a means to achi... hiện toàn bộ
Formal ties between interest groups and members of parliament: Gaining allies in legislative committeesSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - - 2017
Steven Eichenberger, André Mach
While previous research on interest groups’ (IGs) relations to MPs has mainly
focused on informal lobbying strategies or interorganizational linkages, the
analysis of formal ties between MPs and IGs has remained neglected. Such formal
ties can be conceptualized as an exchange relationship between individual MPs
and IGs. The latter benefit from access to parliament while the former benefit
from the... hiện toàn bộ
Can the Red Queen help? A new approach to explaining the formation of interest groups in the USASpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 7 - Trang 61-81 - 2018
Anthony J. Nownes, Curtis Bell
This article uses the theory of Red Queen competition to predict patterns in the
founding of nationally active interest groups in the USA. The theory of Red
Queen competition holds that competition among groups in a population is
history-dependent such that each organization’s competitiveness is a function of
its historical experience. The theory predicts that: (1) a population relatively
full of ... hiện toàn bộ
Who litigates and who collaborates? Evidence from environmental groups influencing National Forest managementSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 2 - Trang 163-184 - 2013
Caitlin A Burke
Natural resource decision making is changing. Previously, federal agencies made
decisions about public lands and resources with one-way input from user groups
and the public, but now agencies are collaborating more with stakeholders and
the public to develop alternatives and choose a course of action. Changes in
decision-making venues and procedures can have an impact on the representation
of diff... hiện toàn bộ
Brexit, interest groups and changes to the ‘logic of negotiation’: a research noteSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 9 - Trang 541-551 - 2020
Did the Brexit lead to a decline in interest group influence in British
government? This research note reports on a survey of 268 public affairs
professionals and examines whether the ‘bandwidth’ taken up by Brexit diminished
the areas of domestic policy that groups might seek to influence and whether
groups found it harder to engage with government in the 3 years up to 2020. The
figures indicate ... hiện toàn bộ
Transparency! Transparency? Comparing the new lobbying legislation in Ireland and the UKSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - - 2017
Sean Keeling, Sharon Feeney, John Hogan
This paper analyses the strength of the new laws regulating lobbying in Ireland
and the United Kingdom (UK). This examination was conducted using the Centre for
Public Integrity’s (CPI) “Hired Guns” quantitative method for assessing the
stringency of lobbying legislation. These laws were introduced, after years of
unfulfilled promises and scandals, in an effort to increase the public’s trust
in th... hiện toàn bộ