National Interest Organizations in the Eu Multilevel System

ISBN-13: 9781138614741 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 220 str.

Rainer Eising; Daniel Rasch; Patrycja Rozbicka

Opis

This book focuses on the role of national interest organizations in the EU multilevel polity. The chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue in West European Politics.

Spis treści

Introduction: National interest organisations in EU policy-making Rainer Eising, Daniel Rasch and Patrycja Rozbicka Part I. Studying the alignments of national interest organisations 1. Who says what to whom? Alignments and arguments in EU policy-making Rainer Eising, Daniel Rasch, Patrycja Rozbicka, Danica Fink-Hafner, Mitja Hafner-Fink and Meta Novak 2. Government–business relations in multilevel systems: the effect of conflict perception on venue choice David Marshall and Patrick Bernhagen 3. German MPs and interest groups in EU multilevel policy-making: the politics of information exchange Arndt Wonka 4. Imperfect public goods and the logic of selective exit in EU interest organisations Rainer Eising Part 2. Europeanisation and access of national interest organisations 5. The multilevel interest representation of national business associations Beate Kohler-Koch, Peter Kotzian and Christine Quittkat 6. Adapting to Europe? Business interests and civil society groups in accession countries Aneta Cekik 7. Networkers, fund hunters, intermediaries, or policy players? The activities of regions in Brussels Michaël Tatham Part 3. Population ecology of interest organisations in the EU: a biased system? 8. Is the EU different? Comparing the diversity of national and EU-level systems of interest organisations Joost Berkhout, Marcel Hanegraaff and Caelesta Braun 9. Cultural capital and the density of organised interests lobbying the European Parliament Brendan J. Carroll and Anne Rasmussen