The Power of Institutions

Christine Mahoney
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Christine Mahoney: Pennsylvania State University, USA

European Union Politics, 2004, vol. 5, issue 4, 441-466

Abstract: This article investigates the ways in which government activity, or demand-side forces, influence interest mobilization and formal inclusion in the policy-making process in the European Union. Drawing on an original dataset of nearly 700 civil society groups active in the European Union, the paper provides empirical evidence of three routes by which the EU institutions influence interest group activity: (1) direct interest group subsidy; (2) manipulation of the establishment and composition of formal arenas of political debate; and (3) broader, system-wide expansion of competencies and selective development of chosen policy areas.

Keywords: advocacy; Consultative Committees; European Union; institutions; interest groups (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1177/1465116504047312

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