Among the ways that digital media has transformed political activism, the most remarkable is
not that new media allows disorganized masses to speak, but that it enables organized …

This article reviews the case for considering the study of parties and interest organizations
together, under the umbrella of “political organizations.” While both literatures are rather …

Abstract Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) are considered important intermediaries
between citizens and policymakers. They are assumed to function as transmission belts that …

Think tanks have proliferated in most Western democracies over the past three decades and
are often considered to be increasingly important actors in public policy. Still, their precise …

While much progress has been made in empirically mapping and analysing a variety of
interest group activities in the last decade, less attention has been devoted to conceptual …

This article asks why public officials perceive some interest groups as influential for policy
outcomes. Theoretically, we rely on resource exchange and behavioral approaches …

Students of public policy have spent considerable effort setting out the types of policy
instruments or tools available to policymakers in different stages of the policy process. A …

Several university alliances have been established in Europe in an attempt to influence the
development of policies in research and education. As such, these alliances can be seen as …

Which membership-based voluntary organizations constitutive of civil society such as
parties, interest groups or service-oriented organizations keep their members active and …

Gaining an audience on social media is an important goal of contemporary policy advocacy.
While previous studies demonstrate that advocacy-dedicated nonprofit organizations—what …