This article explores the determinants of local governments' use of social networking sites. It
does so by analysing the relative impact of institutional, political and social determinants …

Existing literature has offered a variety of claims regarding why financial regulatory politics
features a relative dominance of the regulated financial industry. In this article, we explore …

While organized business is a key actor in regulatory politics, its influence is often
conditional on the level of unity or conflict occurring within the business community at any …

This article asks to what extent the European Commission's use of consultation depends on
policy characteristics of the proposal being formulated. It examines all consultations …

Although agenda-setting dynamics in the European Union are a well-studied phenomenon,
there is a gap in the literature between the current focus on issue attention dynamics (a …

This article aims to examine the effect of intra-institutional conflicts in the European
Commission on the extent of changes made to legislative proposals in trilogue negotiations …

This book describes how governments formulate policies, draft legislation, and manage
stocks of legislation and how approaches to these tasks are converging. That convergence …

How do the different opinions of stakeholders affect the legislative duration in the initial
stage of the decision-making process? The European Union has long highlighted the …

The rise and influence of private advocacy groups in global governance raises important
questions about their effects. Advocacy groups can capture and undermine public goals, but …