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Citizens and the public perception of lobbying: do regulation and trust in political institutions make a difference? 公民和公众对游说的看法：监管和对政治机构的信任会产生影响吗？

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Interest Groups & Advocacy Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-05 DOI: 10.1057/s41309-025-00237-x

Alberto Bitonti, Giulia Mugellini, Claudia Mariotti, Mary Francoli, Jean-Patrick Villeneuve

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Review of Race, Rights, and Rifles by Alexandra Filindra 亚历山德拉-菲林德拉的《种族、权利和步枪》评论

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Interest Groups & Advocacy Pub Date : 2024-01-03 DOI: 10.1057/s41309-023-00200-8

Matthew J. Lacombe

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Searching for avenues of influence: multi-branch and multi-level lobbying in Washington, D.C. and the States 寻找影响途径:在华盛顿特区和各州进行多部门和多层次的游说

Interest Groups & Advocacy Pub Date : 2023-10-30 DOI: 10.1057/s41309-023-00198-z

Adam J. Newmark, Anthony J. Nownes

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The online affiliations of interest groups 利益集团的在线从属关系

Interest Groups & Advocacy Pub Date : 2023-10-21 DOI: 10.1057/s41309-023-00196-1

Laura M. Moses

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Understanding influence in informational lobbying 了解信息游说的影响

Interest Groups & Advocacy Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI: 10.1057/s41309-023-00197-0

Emiel Awad

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From rhetoric to regulation: inferring lobbying influence on EU efforts to regulate $$text {CO}_2$$ emissions of cars using network analysis 从修辞到监管:利用网络分析推断游说对欧盟监管$$text {CO}_2$$汽车排放努力的影响

Interest Groups & Advocacy Pub Date : 2023-09-27 DOI: 10.1057/s41309-023-00195-2

Harald Sick

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Party people? Measuring interest groups’ proximity to political parties 方人?衡量利益集团与政党的接近程度

Interest Groups & Advocacy Pub Date : 2023-09-19 DOI: 10.1057/s41309-023-00193-4

Amy D. Meli

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The rise of political action committees: interest group electioneering and the transformation of American politics by Emily J. Charnock (New York: Oxford University Press, 2020, ISBN: 978-0-19-007551-4) 《政治行动委员会的兴起:利益集团竞选与美国政治的变革》，艾米丽·j·查诺克著(纽约:牛津大学出版社，2020,ISBN: 978-0-19-007551-4)

Interest Groups & Advocacy Pub Date : 2023-09-13 DOI: 10.1057/s41309-023-00194-3

Boris Heersink

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Coping with a crisis: business interest group coalitions in the wake of the financial crisis 应对危机:金融危机后的商业利益集团联盟

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Interest Groups & Advocacy Pub Date : 2023-07-06 DOI: 10.1057/s41309-023-00191-6

Laura Gatto

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What motivates business to donate to politics? A framework and an empirical application 是什么促使企业向政治捐款？一个框架及其实证应用

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Interest Groups & Advocacy Pub Date : 2023-06-08 DOI: 10.1057/s41309-023-00189-0

I. McMenamin, S. Power

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