… interest groups that con form to the consensus have impact. In our analysis of the role of
Parliament in educational policy making… about policy. Essentially it reacts to, rather than initiates, …

… and interest group analysts alike, is that interest groups will seek … policy payoffs. The EU as
a polity presents an American-style plethora of opportunity structures to which interest groups …

… change can result from a conscious rejection of the policy community approach to policy
making – either by choice or necessity – on the part of interest groups. Fritschler’s much earlier …

… interest groups in policymaking would threaten the state's autonomous decision-making
capacity and favour the pursuit of special interests … for example, 'special-interest organizations ... …

… convention that holds that policy making is more legitimate when affected interests are
involved, and ideally satisfied. Civil servants also look to interest groups to help deliver political …

… In addition, interest groups perform functions essential to the democratic process,
including representation, providing information to policy makers and the public, and offering …

… the participation of interest groups in European policy-making such as the … interest groups
to establish contacts with the European institutions, it is unclear whether all interest groups …

… interest group is bound to attempt to influence policy-making at the new level. As one American
interest group … Similarly, public policy-makers at the new level of government also face …

… This theory is based on numerous case studies of how groups affect public-policy making,
and this could serve as an important empirical basis for advocacy of politically feasible …

… ’ menu of venues in which to seek representation to these approaches is a logical step that
will simultaneously add to our understanding of policy-making and interest group behaviour. …