Interest Groups & Advocacy

Doctors vs. doctors: intra-associational conflict and federalism - Interest Groups & Advocacy Interest Groups & Advocacy - If associations include multiple constituencies with conflicting preferences, whose preferences will they represent? We argue that the higher the territorial level...

"Doctors vs. doctors: intra-associational conflict and federalism" new Interest Groups & Advocacy link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New perspectives on lobbying regulation and reform: two generations of research, Part 2 - Interest Groups & Advocacy This editorial introduces Part 2 of the Special Issue on New Perspectives on Lobbying Regulation and Reform. It specifically examines how Part 2’s papers contribute to the five themes of second-genera...

Second part of Raj Chari article on lobbying regulations link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Associative linkages of political parties in Latin America: the role of ideology - Interest Groups & Advocacy This article analyses the linkages between political parties and social organizations in Latin America, by highlighting the role of ideology in these relations. Using data from the Political Represent...

New early access from IGA link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Born This Way: Science, Citizenship, and Inequality in the American LGBTQ + Movement. Joanna Wuest. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2023 - Interest Groups & Advocacy Interest Groups & Advocacy -

Read Anthony Nownes new review of Joanna Wuest's book "Born this Way" cc @timlapira.bsky.social @annerasmussen.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New book review in @igajournal.bsky.social cc @annerasmussen.bsky.social @timlapira.bsky.social

A lot to learn from this and many cites to IGA authors

Incremental lobbying reform: the patchy case of Italy - Interest Groups & Advocacy The regulation of lobbying serves the dual ambition of ensuring a level playing field for participation in policymaking while reducing risks of corruption and undue influence. International organisati...

Also new @michelecrepaz.bsky.social and De Francesco "Incremental lobbying reform: the patchy case of Italy" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Beyond lobbying regulation: the advantages of a broader approach to implementing and evaluating transparent lobbying rules - Interest Groups & Advocacy Transparent lobbying goes beyond enacting a single law: lobbying rules—in any form—enhance transparency in political decision-making. We argue that the issue is much more complex than merely introduci...

Just posted online first -- Šárka Laboutková, Vít Šimral & Petr Vymětal "Beyond lobbying regulation: the advantages of a broader approach to implementing and evaluating transparent lobbying rules" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

How interest groups discern serious legislation from position-taking - Interest Groups & Advocacy Legislators have an incentive to use legislative introductions to take positions for constituents and donors and to encourage these audiences to believe that the legislator is active on issues that th...

Also online first Heberlig and Larson "How interest groups discern serious legislation from position-taking" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The ‘inclusion’ of civil society in the Organization of African Unity - Interest Groups & Advocacy An increasing number of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) have established participatory mechanisms for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Although affiliation with an IGO has been widely acce...

Online first from Alfred Oduro and Takumi Shibaike on civil society in the Organization of African Unity link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Strategic framing in coalition-based tax advocacy - Interest Groups & Advocacy Advocates for US state-level policy on behalf of low- and middle-income groups are increasingly focused on taxation but face difficulties framing policy goals. This case study of coalitions campaignin...

New online-first from Elizabeth Nisbet "Strategic framing in coalition-based tax advocacy" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Lobbying in public: interest group activity on social media - Interest Groups & Advocacy Social media has transformed political communication by making it easy to post and free to disseminate information. Interest groups can use social media platforms to direct messages to policymakers an...

Online First version of @annagunderson.bsky.social @kirstenwidner.bsky.social @mgmacdonald.bsky.social "interest group activity on social media" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New SI on lobby reg in @igajournal.bsky.social updating 2017 SI, and 1998 SI on @hansardsociety.bsky.social

Other than fantastic intro by Raj Chari, 8 (!) more papers on on DE, IE, EU, CH and US, themes of #foreignlobbying, #selfregulation #lobbyingreform.

www.palgrave.com/gp/journal/4...

Great weekend read ⬇️

Regulating legislative lobbying in Switzerland: superfluous or overdue? - Interest Groups & Advocacy Compared to global lobbying hubs like the USA and the European Union and to its neighboring countries, Switzerland hardly regulates legislative lobbying, i.e., lobbying that targets the legislative br...

A part of new issue is @odileammann.bsky.social article on lobbying regulation in Switzerland link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Read this and more new research on interest groups and advocacy in the new issue available here: link.springer.com/journal/4130...

A tale of two cities: regulating lobbying through public and private instruments in Brussels and Washington D.C - Interest Groups & Advocacy This article explores the relationship between public (i.e. government-led) and private (i.e. industry-led) forms of lobby regulation, by inquiring over the conditions that render a mix between these ...

Andreea Nastase compares lobbying in Brussels and Washington DC link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New perspectives on lobbying regulation and reform: two generations of research - Interest Groups & Advocacy Lobbying regulation is a transparency policy that sheds light on which lobbyists seek to influence public actors during policy development. Over 65 years of scholarship on it has seen the evolution of...

A big review of two generations of lobbying regulation research from Raj Chari link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The carrot and stick approach: exploring the advantages and limits of the EU’s transparency register from a practitioner’s point of view - Interest Groups & Advocacy As more laws emerge in the EU’s member states that regulate lobbying, this growing trend also warrants a closer look at how lobbying regulation at EU level has evolved, not least since some of the new...

Elisabeth Bauer's new IGA article on European Union lobbying regulations link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Activists and activism success: towards a grounded conceptualisation - Interest Groups & Advocacy Success is an important aspect of evaluating activism because the latter is a vehicle for political change. However, the idea of ‘success’ has proved difficult to capture in easily measurable ways. Th...

Now up early Danny Rye's paper on grassroots activism in Liverpool link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Every published paper has a story, take a read of @geofflorenz.bsky.social path to publication and what he found in the research below

Interest Groups & Advocacy | Volume 13, issue 1 Volume 13, issue 1 articles listing for Interest Groups & Advocacy

New March issue of IGA just published link.springer.com/journal/4130...

Happy to share @simonotjes.bsky.social & my @jeppjournal.bsky.social article. Using survey experiments with elected representatives at all government levels in Denmark & the Netherlands on the dynamics of responsiveness to public opinion & interest groups (1/10)

Postdoctoral Research Associate

🔍 Full-time Post doc(s) on my ERC project on 'Advocacy, Social Media & Political Representation' @ Department of Political Economy, King's College

Background in polsci, soc data/computer science, polcom, etc.

📅 March 6, start date negotiable

Shares appreciated 👏 1/3
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/084546-...

Coming up next week

Looking for someone to review this new book for IGA tupress.temple.edu/books/yes-gawd

Review of Race, Rights, and Rifles by Alexandra Filindra - Interest Groups & Advocacy

Just posted -- @mjlacombe.bsky.social review of Alexandra Filindra's book "Race, Rights, and Rifles" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Hope IGA has the chance to get the first review in on this

The impact of associational ties on the financing of super PACs - Interest Groups & Advocacy Super PACs are relative newcomers to American politics. Unlike most participants in federal elections, super PACs can make independent expenditures using funds raised in unlimited amounts from individ...

New online first Paul S. Herrnson, Jay Goodliffe, Jennifer A. Heerwig & Douglas M. Spencer "The impact of associational ties on the financing of super PACs" link.springer.com/article/10.1...