While political parties provide a key channel for political representation, organised interests
can also be an important mechanism. A valid question is whether a system of interest groups …

Understanding interest group systems is crucial to understanding the functioning of
advanced democracies, but less is known about its relevance in developing and nascent …

Discussions of bias in interest communities have remained resolutely descriptive. We try to
move the literature to a more explanatory focus both by linking the study of diversity or bias …

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and interest groups play multiple roles in relation to
the public sector–as experts, service providers and partners, service users, lobbyists, or …

This chapter first identifies the set of concepts and argument that jointly form the population
ecological theory. This theory aims to explain the numbers and types of organizations active …

A condition for the existence of democratic society is a mechanism for citizens to have an
effective political voice. While political parties provide a key channel for expressing views …

How have interest group populations in the fifty states changed in the 21st Century so far,
and have factors like population growth, changing state ideology, economic performance …

Today, more political stakeholders are employing a greater range of media platforms in
more sophisticated ways to gain political influence (Kuhn & Nielsen, 2014). Although a …

Since noneconomic interest groups are important for a fair and equal interest intermediation
process in Western democracies, studying the bias in their membership numbers is crucial …

The initial idea for this doctoral thesis emerged when I applied for the research position at
the chair of Heike Klüver. I was surprised to learn that even in a country with an established …