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  • Lobbying Success in the European Union

    The Role of Information and Frames

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    Series series Routledge Advances in European Politics
    Having information is key for most political decisions – both for decision-makers and societal actors. This is especially crucial in democratic countries where external stakeholders are invited to participate in decision-making pro- cesses. Assuming that every actor that gets involved in decision-making processes has a particular lobbying goal, there is aheterogeneous set of actors competing ... Read more

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  • National Interest Organizations in the EU Multilevel System

    Political scientists have always accorded interest organizations a prominent place in European Union (EU) policy-making because they connect the EU institutions to citizens, provide important information to EU policy-makers, and control resources that impact on the problem-solving capacity of EU policies. In other words, they are vital to both the input legitimacy and the output legitimacy of the ... Read more

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