This report describes a review of the literature examining the effect of news use on
polarisation across Europe. In considering work concerned with both the supply side of …

Legitimacy communication in the media reveals when elites become attentive to
international organizations'(IOs) legitimacy and whether they support or question their …

Olson's logic of collective action predicts that business interest associations face fewer
collective action problems than citizen action groups. This article challenges this assumption …

This article asks whether and under what circumstances a presence in news media debates
helps advocacy groups to achieve their policy goals in European Union (EU) legislative …

Studies investigating the agenda-setting of human rights groups disagree on both their
prospects of garnering political attention, and the factors that help them in that quest. This …

Lobbying access to policy discussions determines how political interests are voiced and
potentially exert influence. This article addresses whether access to the national legislature …

Modern societies have become more fragmented, complex and dynamic, making broad
coalitions and public support imperative to achieving lobbying success. Thus, civil …

This article builds on the growing literature on lobbying in a multilevel context. Whereas
previous studies have sought to explain why national groups start lobbying at the …

In this article, we analyze the influence that crucial interest groups had with regard to one of
the most debated policy processes in recent years: the so-called «Jobs Act»(law no …

Este estudio tiene como objetivo explicar bajo qué circunstancias varían las percepciones
ciudadanas sobre los grupos de interés. La información sobre qué grupos de interés tienen …