Synergies in lobbying? Conceptualising and measuring lobbying coalitions to study interest group strategies, access, and influence
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Synergies in lobbying? Conceptualising and measuring lobbying coalitions to study interest group strategies, access, and influence. / Junk, Wiebke Marie.
In: Interest Groups and Advocacy, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2020, p. 21-37.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Synergies in lobbying?
T2 - Conceptualising and measuring lobbying coalitions to study interest group strategies, access, and influence
AU - Junk, Wiebke Marie
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Treating interest groups mainly as independent units of observation overlooks highly frequent coalition activities between actors and risks affecting the results of studies of lobbying and political influence. Yet, conceptualising and measuring lobbying coalitions is inherently difficult. In order to facilitate important future research, this article provides a roadmap of the main conceptual and methodological choices involved in studying lobbying coalitions. It distinguishes three main approaches to identify coalescing actors: a preference similarity approach, a behavioural approach, and an organisational approach. The article presents concrete operationalisations of coalitions from these vantage points and provides empirical evidence that various forms of cooperation activities on specific issues, as well as general cooperation structures, are highly frequent in lobbying in European countries. The article is relevant for scholars of interest groups and political advocacy more broadly by informing the design of new research on lobbying strategies, access, or influence.
AB - Treating interest groups mainly as independent units of observation overlooks highly frequent coalition activities between actors and risks affecting the results of studies of lobbying and political influence. Yet, conceptualising and measuring lobbying coalitions is inherently difficult. In order to facilitate important future research, this article provides a roadmap of the main conceptual and methodological choices involved in studying lobbying coalitions. It distinguishes three main approaches to identify coalescing actors: a preference similarity approach, a behavioural approach, and an organisational approach. The article presents concrete operationalisations of coalitions from these vantage points and provides empirical evidence that various forms of cooperation activities on specific issues, as well as general cooperation structures, are highly frequent in lobbying in European countries. The article is relevant for scholars of interest groups and political advocacy more broadly by informing the design of new research on lobbying strategies, access, or influence.
KW - Information exchange
KW - Interdependence
KW - Lobbying coalitions
KW - Networks
KW - Strategy cooperation
KW - Umbrella organisations
U2 - 10.1057/s41309-019-00077-6
DO - 10.1057/s41309-019-00077-6
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85077585008
VL - 9
SP - 21
EP - 37
JO - Interest Groups and Advocacy
JF - Interest Groups and Advocacy
SN - 2047-7414
IS - 1
ER -
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