Lobbying the executive branch: Unpacking access to political heads, political advisers, and civil servants

IF 1.4 3区 社会学 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Adrià Albareda, Á. Saz-Carranza, Michiel Van Acoleyen, D. Coen
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Abstract

Abstract This article systematically examines how access of business groups and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to the executive branch of the European Union varies across political heads, civil servants, and an understudied yet critical intermediary figure of the executive branch: political advisers. Building upon exchange theory, we argue that the occurrence of a meeting between public officials and interest groups depends on information and legitimacy sought and offered by both types of actors, the public officials’ public exposure, and the interest groups’ lobbying strategies. The empirical analysis is focused on the executive body of the European Union (i.e., the European Commission). Our results show that, while political advisers and civil servants are more likely to meet with business groups than with NGOs, political heads are not biased in favor of any of these two groups.
游说行政部门:打开接触政治领袖、政治顾问和公务员的渠道
本文系统地考察了商业团体和非政府组织(ngo)与欧盟行政部门的接触在政治首脑、公务员和行政部门中一个未被充分研究但至关重要的中介人物:政治顾问之间的差异。在交换理论的基础上,我们认为公职人员与利益集团之间会面的发生取决于两种行为者所寻求和提供的信息和合法性、公职人员的公众曝光和利益集团的游说策略。实证分析的重点是欧洲联盟的执行机构(即欧洲委员会)。我们的研究结果显示,虽然政治顾问和公务员更有可能与商业团体会面,而不是与非政府组织会面,但政治领导人并不偏袒这两个团体中的任何一个。
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Business and Politics
Business and Politics Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations
CiteScore
3.60
自引率
16.70%
发文量
25
期刊介绍: Business and Politics solicits articles within the broad area of the interaction between firms and political actors. Two specific areas are of particular interest to the journal. The first concerns the use of non-market corporate strategy. These efforts include internal organizational design decisions as well as external strategies. Internal organizational design refers to management structure, sourcing decisions, and transnational organization with respect to the firm"s non-market environment. External strategies include legal tactics, testimony, lobbying and other means to influence policy makers at all levels of government and international institutions as an adjunct to market strategies of the firm.
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