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 …

There is a plethora of studies on interest groups in the European Union. While these studies
have generated a wealth of insights, it is not actually clear what they have accomplished …

Between 1 May 2004 and 1 January 2007 Europe was reunited. The European Union (EU)
included 12 new countries and embraced ten postcommunist members. Only 15 years after …

Over the past two decades, civil society has played a pivotal role in Europe, from the demise
of Communist rule to the reunification of Europe, followed by the expansion of the single …

The comparative study of debt and fiscal consolidation has acquired a new focus in the
wake of the global financial crisis. This paper re-evaluates the literature on fiscal …

The paper aims at describing and explaining the carbon-dependency political strategy in
climate-energy policies as an exemplary case of populist politics in Poland. Under the …

The literature on business lobbying has shown that firms increasingly extend their interest
representation activities from the domestic to the E uropean level. Consequently, over the …

While the Europeanisation of national interest groups is an important research agenda in the
EU, very little research examines their Europeanisation outside the EU, and during the EU …

This chapter discusses the European Union's response to the economic crisis that began in
mid-2007. The chapter covers the period up to the middle of 2012. It identifies what …

The role of civil society organisations in Brussels is debated. Some view them as
representatives of their members and thus as legitimising agents for policy-making in the …