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 …

As interest group scholars on both sides of the Atlantic pay greater attention to similar
research questions, the centrality of institutions to understanding advocacy becomes more …

How broad do groups spread their engagement across the spectrum of public policy issues?
The orthodoxy for some time has been that groups tend to focus their engagement rather …

Interest groups are key actors in the policymaking process. They channel citizens' views and
policy positions to decision-makers, provide information, expertise and technical knowledge …

All the contributors to this volume share a belief that the study of interest groups will be
advanced through an interactive process that conjoins empirical research with the …

The study of interest group politics–that is the organisation, aggregation, articulation, and
intermediation of societal interests that seek to shape public policies–is a relatively small …

The literature often contrasts interest groups possessing insider status and outsider groups
forced to seek influence through more indirect means. Drawing on data from a survey of all …

Interest groups differ in the strategies they use to influence public policy. Some mainly try to
gain access (ie, have direct contact with decision makers), whereas others tend to 'go …

Studies of the political role of interest groups rely on mapping their presence in politics. This
article presents the INTERARENA research project which mapped interest group access to …

Interest organizations have always assumed a prominent place in European politics
because they link states with citizens, institutionalize the resolution of social conflicts …