Change or presistence of interest representation in the EU? British, French, German, Polish and EU interest groups in comparative perspective (EUROLOB II)

EUROLOB II调查针对欧盟决策的利益中介战略的变化和变化。该项目是在复制早先一次调查（EUROLOB I，1999年）的基础上进行的，调查对象是商业利益协会和德国、英国、法国和欧盟的一些公司。这两项调查共同提供了大量的数据基础，使我们能够披露和解释国家和欧盟一级协会游说策略的异同。此外，时间比较使我们能够揭示欧盟游说策略的变化和/或持久性。利益集团是否以及如何应对不断变化的背景条件，如欧盟在几个政策领域的监管能力显着增加，机构改革，欧盟扩大和非政府组织（NGO）在欧洲政策制定的升级，这是有趣的。为了捕捉企业和非政府组织游说方法的差异和相似之处，研究现在还将包括欧盟一级的非政府组织。出于比较的原因，调查将扩大到一个新成员国，因此我们将包括波兰的商业利益协会。书面调查将辅以一系列访谈;定量分析将以两次调查（欧洲业务调查一和欧洲业务调查二）的数据为基础。

EUROLOB II investigates changes and variations in interest intermediation strategies targeted at EU policy-making. The project is based on the replication of an earlier survey (EUROLOB I, 1999), addressed to Business Interest Associations (BIA) and selected companies in Germany, Great Britain, France, and the EU. Both surveys together offer a large data basis, which allows us to disclose and explain similarities and differences in lobbying strategies of national and EU-level associations. In addition, temporal comparison allows us to reveal changes and/or persistence in EU-lobby strategies. It is of interest whether and how interest groups have responded to changing context conditions like the marked increase in EU regulatory competences in several policy fields, institutional reforms, EU-enlargement and the upgrading of non-governmental organisations (NGO) in European policy making. To capture differences and similarities in the lobbying approach of business and NGO the research will now also include EU-level NGO. For comparative reasons the investigation will be extended to one of the new member states, thus we will include business interest associations in Poland. The written survey will be supplemented with a series of interviews; the quantitative analysis will be based on the data of both surveys (EUROLOB I and EUROLOB II).