Political parties have been studied as organizations for more than a century. Over time the
focus of party research has shifted, from normative concerns with organizational democracy …

This book assesses the quality of democracy through the study of organized interests in post-
Communist Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) from the collapse of the Communism in 1989 …

State regulation of civil society is expanding yet widely contested, often portrayed as
illegitimate intrusion. Despite ongoing debates about the nature of state-voluntary relations …

Relationships between political parties and interest groups form structures that enable and
constrain political action. Yet there is a lack of consensus on what 'party-group relationships' …

This article analyzes recent research on the impact of non-party organizations on policy,
describing its theoretical coherence, operationalization of key concepts, views of different …

This paper examines when parties listen to interest groups and adopt their input. Interest
group information can help parties bolster their positions, and by taking their input into …

The relationship between the Norwegian State on the one hand, and political parties and
voluntary organizations on the other, has traditionally been based on mutual trust. To assess …

Interest groups are important intermediaries in Western democracies, with the potential to
offer political linkage and form a bridge between the concerns of citizens and the agendas of …

Why do some groups and parties maintain contact whereas others do not? Recent studies
explain party–interest group contact on the basis of power and ideological proximity. This …

Political parties and interest groups play a vital role in incorporating societal interests into
democratic decision‐making. Therefore, explaining the nature and variation in the …