Political activities of interest organizations : Conflicting interests, converging strategies.
Political activities of interest organizations : Conflicting interests, converging strategies.
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利益组织的政治活动:利益冲突、策略趋同。
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2010
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通讯作者:
D. Berkhout
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作者:
D. Berkhout
Why
do interest organizations do what they do? Organized political activities
could find their basis in the desire for organizational survival.
Alternatively, the activities of interest organizations may be mainly
understood in relation to government institutions and public policy. Last,
the key rationale for political activities could be seen to relate to certain
political principles more generally. Taking account of these contrasting
assumptions, this thesis takes an exchange theoretical perspective and examines
the activities EU and Dutch interest organizations (n=517) and political
claims in the newspaper in seven European countries (n=approx 3000). The key
findings are that (1) business interests seem better represented than other
types of interests, (2) different types of interests (i.e. NGO⦣8364;™s, businesses, social interests, citizen groups) use
very similar tactics to seek influence on public policy, and (3) interest
organizations seem to have difficulty in getting access in the news media
because ⦣8364;˜official sources⦣8364;™ seem to be preferred by journalists. These and
other findings call for an adjustment of some of the classic assumptions in
the field of interest group research ⦣8364;“ among others on
differences between interests and across systems. It calls for improved
theories on variation in political strategies between issues.