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Insiders versus Outsiders - Interest Group Politics in Multilevel Europe (Hardcover)
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Insiders versus Outsiders - Interest Group Politics in Multilevel Europe (Hardcover)
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What explains differences in the lobbying behaviour of interest
groups? And what consequences do these differences have for the
access that interest groups can gain to decision-makers and the
influence that they can exert on policy outcomes? Building on an
unprecedented amount of empirical evidence on lobbying in Europe,
this book puts forward a distinction between lobbying insiders and
lobbying outsiders. Lobbying insiders, most prominently business
interests, try to establish direct contacts with decision-makers,
enjoy good access to executive institutions, and manage to shape
policy outcomes when mobilizing the public on an issue is
difficult. Lobbying outsiders, in particular citizen groups such as
consumer, environmental or health non-governmental organizations,
put greater emphasis on mobilizing the public or changing public
attitudes, find it easier to gain access to legislative
decision-makers, and have the greatest impact on outcomes on issues
that are amenable to an outside lobbying campaign. The book shows
that a single argument, building on group type as the main
variable, can explain variation across interest groups in their
choice of strategy, their access to decision-makers, and the
conditions under which they can exert influence. The existence of
lobbying insiders and lobbying outsiders has important implications
for both our understanding of political decision-making and the
normative appraisal of contemporary democracy.
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