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Who's in and who's out? Explaining access to policymakers in Belgium
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Abstract
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| In most political systems, the community of policy insiders represents a small subset of the total interest group population. Therefore, one key question is which factors explain why some mobilized interests become insiders and others remain outsiders. By contrasting a bottom-up registration of interest groups with a top-down census of all groups that enjoy access to policymakers, we present a unique approach to distinguish insiders from outsiders. This approach allows us to systematically analyze which factors such as resources, constituency, scale of organization and policy portfolio predict who becomes a policy insider. Our analysis focuses on interest group politics in Belgium, and shows that next to resources, the size of the membership, the scale of organization and a groups policy portfolio are strong predictors of the likelihood to gain access. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Acta politica : international journal of political science. - Meppel, 1965, currens
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Publication
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Meppel
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2016
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ISSN
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0001-6810
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1741-1416
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DOI
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10.1057/AP.2015.9
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Volume/pages
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51
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(2016)
, p. 214-236
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ISI
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000374765100005
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