While the identity of the European Union (EU) may have normative and/or other
characteristics, it is fundamentally a large single market with significant institutional features …

A key issue for interest groups and policymakers is the ways through which organized
interests voice their interests and influence public policy. This article combines two …

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 …

This paper explores the 'emerging forms of spatialised and socialised authority'adopted by
tenure-insecure peri-urbanites to secure coveted land in African peri-urban spaces. The …

In their pursuit of political influence, interest groups face the choice to contact policy elites
directly or to generate pressure indirectly by appealing to the public at large. This article …

We outline a conceptual framework that identifies and characterizes the contextual nature of
interest group politics in the European Union (EU) to better understand variation in interest …

Why are some interest groups able to lobby political decisions successfully whereas others
are not? This article suggests that the issue context is an important source of variation …

Drawing on a survey of 800 business associations, the article seeks to explain why interest
groups lobby the EU institutions and what groups maintain contacts with them. Rooted in …

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Recent years have witnessed an increased interest in research on advocacy success, but
limited attention has been paid to the role of public opinion. We examine how support from …