Interest Groups & Advocacy - If associations include multiple constituencies with conflicting preferences, whose preferences will they represent? We argue that the higher the territorial level...

This editorial introduces Part 2 of the Special Issue on New Perspectives on Lobbying Regulation and Reform. It specifically examines how Part 2’s papers contribute to the five themes of second-genera...

This article analyses the linkages between political parties and social organizations in Latin America, by highlighting the role of ideology in these relations. Using data from the Political Represent...

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The regulation of lobbying serves the dual ambition of ensuring a level playing field for participation in policymaking while reducing risks of corruption and undue influence. International organisati...

Transparent lobbying goes beyond enacting a single law: lobbying rules—in any form—enhance transparency in political decision-making. We argue that the issue is much more complex than merely introduci...

Legislators have an incentive to use legislative introductions to take positions for constituents and donors and to encourage these audiences to believe that the legislator is active on issues that th...

An increasing number of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) have established participatory mechanisms for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Although affiliation with an IGO has been widely acce...

Advocates for US state-level policy on behalf of low- and middle-income groups are increasingly focused on taxation but face difficulties framing policy goals. This case study of coalitions campaignin...

Social media has transformed political communication by making it easy to post and free to disseminate information. Interest groups can use social media platforms to direct messages to policymakers an...

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Compared to global lobbying hubs like the USA and the European Union and to its neighboring countries, Switzerland hardly regulates legislative lobbying, i.e., lobbying that targets the legislative br...

Volume 13, issue 4 articles listing for Interest Groups & Advocacy

This article explores the relationship between public (i.e. government-led) and private (i.e. industry-led) forms of lobby regulation, by inquiring over the conditions that render a mix between these ...

Lobbying regulation is a transparency policy that sheds light on which lobbyists seek to influence public actors during policy development. Over 65 years of scholarship on it has seen the evolution of...

As more laws emerge in the EU’s member states that regulate lobbying, this growing trend also warrants a closer look at how lobbying regulation at EU level has evolved, not least since some of the new...

Success is an important aspect of evaluating activism because the latter is a vehicle for political change. However, the idea of ‘success’ has proved difficult to capture in easily measurable ways. Th...

Volume 13, issue 1 articles listing for Interest Groups & Advocacy

While politicians are commonly depicted as having strong incentives to be responsive to both interest groups and citizens to govern and maintain office, the literature lacks designs that allow for ...

Super PACs are relative newcomers to American politics. Unlike most participants in federal elections, super PACs can make independent expenditures using funds raised in unlimited amounts from individ...

Volume 12, issue 4 articles listing for Interest Groups & Advocacy

Most lobbying studies focus on the legislative branch, yet lobbyists often target the executive and judicial branches as well. In this paper, we explore similarities and differences in lobbying the ex...

Politics and advocacy increasingly take place on social media platforms. Interest groups are actively engaged, using these platforms to shape public issue debates and advance their policy agendas. Yet...

What can interest group scholars, practitioners, and policymakers learn about the concept of influence from formal theories of informational lobbying? This article has two objectives. The first is to ...

This study shows how the automotive industry was able to influence the final legislation of the Community Strategy to reduce $${CO}_{2}$$ CO 2 emissions from passenger cars and light-commercial vehicl...

Research suggests that single-issue groups and labor unions have been incorporated into one of the two US party coalitions (Karol in American gridlock: the sources, character, and impact of political ...

The global financial crisis resulted in a re-examination of the business sector as a whole and its lobbying activity. Nevertheless, research has not analysed the impact that the global financial crisi...

This paper focuses on the role of interest groups in US sanctions policy toward Iran from 2007 to 2016. The aim of this work is to explain what changed in regard to the role of interest groups in the ...

When did the personal responsibility frame enter environmental politics? Many Americans take voluntary actions—e.g., recycling waste or buying “green” products—to reduce their carbon footprint...