The number and scale of business associations focused on corporate responsibility and
sustainability has grown dramatically in recent decades and they are becoming influential …

▪ Abstract Neopluralism is one of a class of research findings or social science models—
such as elitism, pluralism, and corporatism—that refer to the structure of power and policy …

This is a comprehensive introduction to research design for university students at all levels
across the whole range of political science, including international relations and public …

Why do organized interests lobby? Answering this seemingly obvious question has become
surprisingly difficult in light of recent research. One essential problem is that virtually all …

The interest group concept is defined in many different ways in the existing literature and a
range of different classification schemes are employed. This complicates comparisons …

At a time when Europe and business stand at crossroads, this study provides a perspective
into how business representation in the EU has evolved and valuable insights into how to …

Important parts of the literature on strategies of interest organizations consider the political
activities of interest organizations as serving to build and maintain exchange relationships …

Although scholars have long speculated about how organised interests link the public to
decision makers, there has actually been little empirical research on this important element …

Which European universities and research centres are most prominent in research on
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Social science literature contains ample warning that even if a range of methods exists for
involving external interests in policy making, external interests still do not necessarily have …