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Lobbying makes (strange) bedfellows : explaining the formation and composition of lobbying coalitions in EU legislative politics
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Abstract
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| This article analyzes the formation of lobbying coalitions in European Union legislative politics. Specifically, we investigate whether interest organizations establish coalitions and under which conditions business interests and non-business interests join a coalition. Our explanatory framework emphasizes three factors that drive coalition formation: the influence-seeking needs of interest groups, the need to ensure organizational maintenance, and policy-related contextual factors. To test our hypotheses, we analyze 72 policies initiated by the European Commission between 2008 and 2010 and 143 semi-structured interviews with representatives of European interest organizations. Our results demonstrate that non-governmental organizations that depend relatively less on membership support are strongly inclined to engage in coalitions. Moreover, the heterogeneous coalitions we identifiedconsisting of both business and non-business interestsare usually situated in policy areas that enjoy considerable salience among the broader public and emerge on issues that receive substantial media visibility. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Political studies. - Guildford
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Publication
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Guildford
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2018
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ISSN
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0032-3217
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1467-9248
[online]
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DOI
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10.1177/0032321717728408
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Volume/pages
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66
:4
(2018)
, p. 959-984
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ISI
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000446344900009
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