Are post-communist interest organizations learning to lobby? Exploring the “coming-of-age” of Central and Eastern European interest groups
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DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2022.2046558
Abstract: ABSTRACT Countless scholars have explored the emergence, stability and transformation of interest intermediation structures in western democracies and beyond [Jahn, “Changing of the Guard”; Schmitter, “Corporatism is Dead!”; Siaroff, “Corporatism in 24 Industrial Democracies”.]. In… read more here.
Keywords: organized interests; eastern european; post communist; central eastern ... See more keywords
Mechanisms of Responsiveness: What MPs Think of Interest Organizations and How They Deal with Them
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DOI: 10.1177/0032321718784156
Abstract: By employing individual-level data on MPs in 15 countries and 73 national and local assemblies, this article examines the conditions under which individual MPs are responsive to interest organizations. We show that MPs’ political values… read more here.
Keywords: interest organizations; responsiveness mps; mps think; interest ... See more keywords
Solo self-employment and membership of interest organizations in the Netherlands: Economic, social, and political determinants
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831x17723712
Abstract: Falling in-between the category of employers and employees, solo self-employed persons are poorly accommodated by the traditional system of corporatist interest representation through which the interests of employers are represented in employers’ associations, and the… read more here.
Keywords: interest organizations; membership; solo self; self employment ... See more keywords