The representative capacity of interest groups: explaining how issue features shape membership involvement when establishing policy positions

A Albareda, B Fraussen - Journal of Public Policy, 2023 - cambridge.org
Interest groups are key intermediary actors that communicate societal interests and
preferences to public officials. Given public officials' reliance on interest groups' input in …

Institutions, public opinion, and advocacy camps: how interest groups benefit from supportive alignments to gain agenda-setting influence

F Stevens, E Willems - Journal of European Public Policy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the proliferation of studies on interest group influence, there has been limited
research on the conditions that facilitate their ability to impact policy agendas. This study …

When and why high civil servants demand information from interest groups in policymaking. A Southern European perspective

G Capano, A Pritoni - South European Society and Politics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Studying how public administrations proactively search for information from interest groups
provides a new perspective for a better understanding of how bureaucratic policymaking …

Economic Rationality in Decision-Making Regarding Newborn Screening: A Case Study in Quebec

VH Ho, Y Giguère, D Reinharz - International Journal of Neonatal …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Health systems in high-resource countries recognize the importance of making decisions
about the services offered to the population based on scientific evidence. Producing this …

Information, politicization, and reputation: assessing interest groups' agenda-setting influence in the EU

F Stevens, E Willems - European Political Science Review, 2024 - cambridge.org
This study examines interest groups' influence on the European Commission's policy
agenda. We argue that organizations can gain agenda-setting influence by strategically …

Informational lobbying, information asymmetry, and the adoption of the ride-hailing model policy in the US States

Y Wen - Business and Politics, 2024 - cambridge.org
Existing research on lobbying has predominantly focused on its material returns, such as
equity returns, stock prices, and government contracts while overlooking its informational …

What makes a lobby successful? Understanding the capacity of Spanish business organizations to influence public decisions

A Arceo Vacas, S Álvarez Sánchez - Interest Groups & Advocacy, 2024 - Springer
The research presented in this paper aims to find out which business associations had the
greatest capacity of influencing Spanish public issues throughout the first half of 2022 in the …

Status and expertise: A typology of US presidential transition team members

H Brown - Presidential Studies Quarterly, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite advising on thousands of important decisions, who serves on presidential transition
teams in the United States is largely unknown. The secretive and transient nature of …