Changes in interest group access in times of crisis: no pain, no (lobby) gain
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Changes in interest group access in times of crisis : no pain, no (lobby) gain. / Junk, Wiebke Marie; Crepaz, Michele; Hanegraaff, Marcel; Berkhout, Joost; Aizenberg, Ellis.
In: Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 29, No. 9, 2022, p. 1374-1394.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Changes in interest group access in times of crisis
T2 - no pain, no (lobby) gain
AU - Junk, Wiebke Marie
AU - Crepaz, Michele
AU - Hanegraaff, Marcel
AU - Berkhout, Joost
AU - Aizenberg, Ellis
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The outbreak of Covid-19 provoked a massive shock for political institutions and societal groups. A crucial question is how such an external event affects the balance of access to political gatekeepers. In particular: Are organizations, which are highly affected by the crisis, able to increase their political voice? To address this, we focus on changes in lobbying access to key venues of public policy: government, parliament, the bureaucracy, and the media across 10 European democracies. Based on novel survey data, we assess changes in access shortly after the outbreak of Covid-19. Our findings show that affectedness is an important driver of changes in access to all venues. We interpret this as good news for the functioning of European systems of interest representation, and the ability of gatekeepers to open their doors to affected groups. However, we also show that the effect of affectedness varies considerably for economic and non-economic interests.
AB - The outbreak of Covid-19 provoked a massive shock for political institutions and societal groups. A crucial question is how such an external event affects the balance of access to political gatekeepers. In particular: Are organizations, which are highly affected by the crisis, able to increase their political voice? To address this, we focus on changes in lobbying access to key venues of public policy: government, parliament, the bureaucracy, and the media across 10 European democracies. Based on novel survey data, we assess changes in access shortly after the outbreak of Covid-19. Our findings show that affectedness is an important driver of changes in access to all venues. We interpret this as good news for the functioning of European systems of interest representation, and the ability of gatekeepers to open their doors to affected groups. However, we also show that the effect of affectedness varies considerably for economic and non-economic interests.
KW - Covid-19
KW - focusing events
KW - interest groups
KW - interest representation
KW - lobbying access
KW - NGOs
U2 - 10.1080/13501763.2021.1968936
DO - 10.1080/13501763.2021.1968936
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85113865403
VL - 29
SP - 1374-1394.
JO - Journal of European Public Policy
JF - Journal of European Public Policy
SN - 1350-1763
IS - 9
ER -
ID: 279761513