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The political environment in post-independence Zimbabwe has been very hostile for interest groups, particularly since 2000 when civil society actions and opposition political activity formidably
. This methodological combination allows me to parse the political debate within different phases of the EU policy process to gain insights into how automotive lobbyists were able to shape the final ... to shape the final legislation in accordance with their interests and which political decision-makers empowered them to do so. Surprisingly, the party affiliation of Members of the European Parliament
a legitimacy deficit, expelled from the political scene because of the Revolution (1910–1921), and how they managed to grow and create powerful companies and organizations that allowed them to ... -first century at the top of the power, not only economic, but also political. It examines the political participation of business to face the growing interventionism of the State in the economy during the
communities, working in opposition to powerful actors (corporate landlords, property managers, etc.), and navigating complex and sometimes hostile local political institutions (city councils, mayors, rent ... organizations. We assess the origins of such organizations, how they are structured, and how they pursue political change. In doing so, we offer a rich descriptive account of phenomena that have largely escaped
This paper explores the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as an element in a corporation’s political action repertoire. Previous research has studied lobbying and CSR as a distinct means ... 2 0 Department of Political Science and Political Sociology, University of Stuttgart , Breitscheidstraße 2, 70174 Stuttgart , Germany 1 Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Concordia University
Police unions raise issues of great importance for political scientists. Yet, the field has neglected them. This essay argues that political scientists should see police unions as important interest ... police unions important interest groups are described. The important political questions that arise once we consider police union as interest groups are examined. The existing research on police unions
aggregated data on organizational densities and their political activity. We also reflect on potential uses for the data, before wrapping up the article with a self-critical assessment of what could have been ... anti-communist political parties in the roundtable discussions 1 The project has been generously funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG—German Research Foundation) and Narodowe Centrum Nauki
-governmental organizations forward. We argue that the advocacy group effects on global governance institutions are best understood by examining how groups use and shape domestic and global political opportunity ... articles examine how, when, and why domestic and global political opportunity structures shape advocacy group effects in global governance, across global institutions, levels of government, advocacy
Interest groups play a key role in the political economy of preferential trade agreements (PTAs). Their support for or opposition to a planned PTA tends to be crucial in determining the fate of PTAs ... , they try to influence trade policy outcomes with campaign donations (Drope and Hansen 2004) or the provision of political and technical information (Hall and Deardorff 2006) . At the international
patterns of access we observe in the rest of the year. We do so through the lens of two perspectives on interest group representation. Resource exchange theory argues that access to different political ... access to different political arenas is determined by how group resources match the demand of the gatekeepers. The cumulative access perspective argues that superior resources override dynamics of resource
Higher education interest groups remain somewhat understudied from a comparative theory-driven perspective. This is surprising because political decisions regarding higher education must increasingly ... HE systems also experienced exponential growth in both student numbers and new public and private institutions. CEE universities were not only key drivers of political change, but also served to
Politica 54 ( 1 ): 75 - 103 . https://doi.org/10.1057/s41269-017-0076-7. Bitonti , A. 2017 . Public affairs and political philosophy. In The SAGE Handbook of International corporate and public affairs, ed. P ... been suggested and direct attention to how lobbyists could provide political intelligence or manpower to the extent that the lobbyists become “adjuncts to staff” (Hall and Deardorff 2006, p. 74
. 2007). It asserts that not only do the actors incorporated in a policy subsystem influence the policy-making process, but they are, in turn, largely affected by political and socio-economic elements ... other words, they are highly abstract and extremely broad in scope. The right-left political dichotomy, for example, fits entirely into this set of beliefs. Then, ‘policy core beliefs’ depict instead the
; Corruption; Lobbying; Business donations; United Kingdom; Business-government relations Introduction Much has been written about the motivations of political donors (Clark and Wilson 1961; Francia et al ... pragmatic pursuit of profit, a partisan commitment to a political project, or just a social occasion. The notion of a relationship is too general and complex. Motivation is more exact and allows us to focus
Technological advances, increasing amounts of online governmental records, and transparency efforts by nonprofit organizations have led to a new abundance of data sources for studying the political ... Political Group Communication Database, and the Wesleyan Media Project. Interest groups; Organized interests; Lobbying; Political data sources Introduction Collecting data is time-consuming, difficult work
and political exchange with the state and between rivalling organizations, enabling us to derive a “corporatism score” for each national institutional setting and discuss them in the light of Jahn’s ... 2016; Avdagic 2005; Olejnik 2020; Ost 2000) , advocacy patterns in other areas remain largely underresearched. Corporatism is a standard analytical paradigm in political science, which grasps
care interest organisation populations. The unique context of recent simultaneous political, economic and in the cases of Czechia and Slovenia, national transitions present a hard test for population ... variation of interest organisations across public and business sectors are not only of theoretical but also great political and societal importance. Density was shown to affect the strategies, influence and
being undermined, coupled with the human rights and dignity of certain groups being curtailed or even violated. In these difficult political and legal circumstances, non-state actors, such as interest ... political process, lobby, educate the public about political issues, and some even monitor the activities taken by the decision-makers. Given these various tasks that interest groups undertake, we aim to
interdependence of government and business for economic reform and opening, and the presence of civil society organizations in different political systems. By bringing together the work of scholars working on ... focussed on the definitions of interest groups and pointed to the plethora of neologisms framing the concept, ranging from ‘political interests’ and ‘political advocacy’ to ‘social movements’ and ‘civil
confrontation. Interest groups; Lobbying; Iran; JCPOA; US foreign policy; Sanctions Introduction In the US political process, interest groups play an important role in shaping legislation. They provide votes ... and campaign contributions for political candidates but also offer important organizational support, supply information insight, and mobilize voluntary campaign staff. The increase in official lobbying
