Organisational dynamics, integration and civic spaces

Abstract

Understanding how interest groups perceive themselves, manage their internal affairs and relationship with other actors is crucial for gaining insights into intra-democracy and the processes involved in seeking access and influence. This panel includes papers that explore new forms of interest mobilization, as well as lobbying and advocacy as modes of political participation. The papers delve into issues related to funding practices, professionalization, ties to political parties, and interest articulation.

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Money, money, money… in a sick man’s world: Changes in interest group funding during the global pandemic	View Paper Details
Group interest and agenda setting dynamics: Explaining interest group position-taking across policy dimensions in a pre-defined policy space	View Paper Details
Interest groups in Central-Eastern Europe - Filling the Blanks Project	View Paper Details
Professionalization and movementization - Civil society organization’s internal coping mechanism with de-democratization	View Paper Details
The Naga "apex" bodies and civil societies: Examining the expansive role of collective groups in contested statehood	View Paper Details