The Representative Potential of Interest Groups: Internal Voice in Post-Communist and Western European Countries
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Resumo: | Why do some interest group systems provide group members with more elaborate voice opportunities than other systems? We argue that evaluating membership voice is important for understanding the representative potential of interest group systems. An adequate understanding of “voice” forms the basis of “context”-embedded assessments of benchmarks such as interest group bias, interest group representational distortion, and interest group-driven policy overload. We examine two competing hypotheses on the differences in internal voice in Eastern and Western Europe. Primarily, case-specific arguments lead us to expect a weaker internal voice in post-communist Eastern Europe compared to Western Europe. Conversely, some theoretical approaches, such as population ecological organisational theory, lead us to expect a relatively weak membership voice in the organisationally saturated Western European systems. We assess these two hypotheses on the basis of an international survey of interest group leaders and observe, in line with the population ecological hypothesis, that members of Western European interest groups, compared to those in post-communist countries, are perceived as having less influential voices in internal decisions on policy positions. We conclude, neither optimistically nor pessimistically, that there is a meaningful representative potential of interest group systems supporting democratic societies, also, or even especially, in the post-communist countries studied. |
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The Representative Potential of Interest Groups: Internal Voice in Post-Communist and Western European Countriesdemocratic backsliding; Eastern Europe; interest groups; post-communist countries; representation; Western EuropeWhy do some interest group systems provide group members with more elaborate voice opportunities than other systems? We argue that evaluating membership voice is important for understanding the representative potential of interest group systems. An adequate understanding of “voice” forms the basis of “context”-embedded assessments of benchmarks such as interest group bias, interest group representational distortion, and interest group-driven policy overload. We examine two competing hypotheses on the differences in internal voice in Eastern and Western Europe. Primarily, case-specific arguments lead us to expect a weaker internal voice in post-communist Eastern Europe compared to Western Europe. Conversely, some theoretical approaches, such as population ecological organisational theory, lead us to expect a relatively weak membership voice in the organisationally saturated Western European systems. We assess these two hypotheses on the basis of an international survey of interest group leaders and observe, in line with the population ecological hypothesis, that members of Western European interest groups, compared to those in post-communist countries, are perceived as having less influential voices in internal decisions on policy positions. We conclude, neither optimistically nor pessimistically, that there is a meaningful representative potential of interest group systems supporting democratic societies, also, or even especially, in the post-communist countries studied.Cogitatio Press2023-01-13info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v11i1.5899https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v11i1.5899Politics and Governance; Vol 11, No 1 (2023): Democratic Backsliding and Organized Interests in Central and Eastern Europe; 50-642183-2463reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/5899https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/5899/5899https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/downloadSuppFile/5899/2806Copyright (c) 2023 Marcel Hanegraaff, Joost Berkhout, Jan Beyersinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBerkhout, JoostBeyers, JanHanegraaff, Marcel2023-06-29T15:15:13Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/5899Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:45:21.978435Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The Representative Potential of Interest Groups: Internal Voice in Post-Communist and Western European Countries |
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The Representative Potential of Interest Groups: Internal Voice in Post-Communist and Western European Countries |
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The Representative Potential of Interest Groups: Internal Voice in Post-Communist and Western European Countries Berkhout, Joost democratic backsliding; Eastern Europe; interest groups; post-communist countries; representation; Western Europe |
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The Representative Potential of Interest Groups: Internal Voice in Post-Communist and Western European Countries |
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The Representative Potential of Interest Groups: Internal Voice in Post-Communist and Western European Countries |
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The Representative Potential of Interest Groups: Internal Voice in Post-Communist and Western European Countries |
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The Representative Potential of Interest Groups: Internal Voice in Post-Communist and Western European Countries |
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The Representative Potential of Interest Groups: Internal Voice in Post-Communist and Western European Countries |
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Berkhout, Joost |
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Berkhout, Joost Beyers, Jan Hanegraaff, Marcel |
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Beyers, Jan Hanegraaff, Marcel |
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Berkhout, Joost Beyers, Jan Hanegraaff, Marcel |
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democratic backsliding; Eastern Europe; interest groups; post-communist countries; representation; Western Europe |
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democratic backsliding; Eastern Europe; interest groups; post-communist countries; representation; Western Europe |
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Why do some interest group systems provide group members with more elaborate voice opportunities than other systems? We argue that evaluating membership voice is important for understanding the representative potential of interest group systems. An adequate understanding of “voice” forms the basis of “context”-embedded assessments of benchmarks such as interest group bias, interest group representational distortion, and interest group-driven policy overload. We examine two competing hypotheses on the differences in internal voice in Eastern and Western Europe. Primarily, case-specific arguments lead us to expect a weaker internal voice in post-communist Eastern Europe compared to Western Europe. Conversely, some theoretical approaches, such as population ecological organisational theory, lead us to expect a relatively weak membership voice in the organisationally saturated Western European systems. We assess these two hypotheses on the basis of an international survey of interest group leaders and observe, in line with the population ecological hypothesis, that members of Western European interest groups, compared to those in post-communist countries, are perceived as having less influential voices in internal decisions on policy positions. We conclude, neither optimistically nor pessimistically, that there is a meaningful representative potential of interest group systems supporting democratic societies, also, or even especially, in the post-communist countries studied. |
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