Ties That Matter: The Party-Interest Group Nexus

Abstract

This panel contributes to the growing research on party-interest groups interactions in Europe, tackling key questions around representation bias and policy responsiveness, among others. The papers in this panel, drawing predominantly on quantitative datasets, comparatively examine how ties to political parties affect the media attention that interest groups get, whether interest groups prioritize the preferences of privileged social groups when lobbying parties, how institutional and organizational differences account for the variation in parties-trade unions interaction across polities, and finally, to what extent parties are responsive to citizens and interest groups on climate and environmental policies.

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Unpacking the relationship between climate change response and party responsiveness towards voters and interest groups: Is the call for urgent climate change evident in voter-party-group relations across countries?	View Paper Details
Party-interest group interactions and consequences for political representation	View Paper Details
With a Little Help from Our Party Friends? Examining the Association between News Coverage of Interest Groups and Organizational Ties to Parties	View Paper Details
Political parties and trade unions – an old cleavage dies hard?	View Paper Details