Lobbying the European Union

Abstract

The panel focuses on empirical-analytical contributions to the study of lobbying or interest mediation in the European Union. In recent years, promising new research avenues have opened up in this field of EU studies. Notably, the study of EU interest mediation has moved from its earlier case study focus to broader empirical studies aiming at a more comprehensive picture of EU interest mediation. These studies seek to develop fresh theoretical perspectives by linking institutions, resources, interests, ideas, and/or discourse to issue characteristics in their accounts of EU lobbying. They aim at developing more precise measurement instruments for estimating interest group influence and bias in the EU interest group system. Recent studies also seek to broaden our horizon by looking beyond the bureaucratic, parliamentary or judicial arena to the media as an addressee or mediator of interest group demands. This panel invites papers that take a comprehensive look at EU interest mediation, seek to develop a fresh theoretical perspective, and draw on original empirical research. Tentatively, papers and paper-givers in this panel include Framing of public policy debates: The effect of actor type, by Heike Klüver, University of Konstanz, and Christine Mahoney, University of Virginia Negotiating under cross-pressure? How member state representatives handle conflicting policy frames in the EU multilevel system, by Frida Boräng and Daniel Naurin, University of Gothenburg Interest groups and legislative lobbying in the European news media, by Iskander De Bruycker and Jan Beyers, University of Antwerp Business bias? Interest group influence in the European Union, by Andreas Dür, David Marshall, both University of Salzburg, and Patrick Bernhagen, Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen Policy framing in the EU: A cross-national comparison of multilevel dynamics, by Rainer Eising, Daniel Rasch and Patrycja Rozbicka, Ruhr-University Bochum

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Interest Group Influence in the European Union: Is There a Business Bias?	View Paper Details
Policy Framing in the EU: A Cross-National Comparison of Multilevel Dynamics	View Paper Details
Framing of Public Policy Debates: The Effect of Actor Type	View Paper Details
Frame Resonance and Lobbying Success in EU Consumer Protection Policy	View Paper Details
Negotiating Under Cross-Pressure? How Member State Representatives Handle Conflicting Policy Frames in the EU Multilevel System	View Paper Details