High professionalisation, low participation? : comparing the role of members in economic and non-economic EU-level interest groups

Novak, Meta (avtor), Lajh, Damjan (avtor)

This article addresses the role played by members of interest groups in their groups’ activities and lobbying. One characteristic of interest groups today is stronger professionalisation. In order to actively and efficiently advocate the interests of their members in EU policymaking, interest groups are relying ever more on their staff. Interest group scholars argue that, as a consequence, members are becoming structurally distant from their groups as their role becomes less important. However, what remains unknown is how this increasing professionalisation affects the role of members in different types of organisations. To address this research gap, we analyse the role played by members in economic and non-economic interest groups. We argue that professionalisation has a negative impact on members’ role especially in non-economic interest groups, which is problematic because the professionalisation of these groups has been supported by EU institutions holding the ambition to make the EU more democratic but have in fact created an adverse effect.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: interest groups, professionalization, members, democratic deficit, European Union
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FDV - Fakulteta za družbene vede
• Datum objave: 21.12.2023
• Leto izida: 2023
• Št. strani: Str. 25-41
• Številčenje: Year 23, iss. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-164771
• UDK: 328.182/.184
• ISSN pri članku: 2068-7613
• COBISS.SI-ID: 212659971
• Datum objave v RUL: 11.11.2024

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Romanian Journal of Political Science
• Skrajšan naslov: Rom. J. Pol. Sci.
• Založnik: Romanian Academy Society
• ISSN: 2068-7613
• COBISS.SI-ID: 29949533

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0136-2022
• Naslov: Politološke raziskave

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: J5-2563-2020
• Naslov: Odstiranje javnopolitičnih posvetovanj v fazi oblikovanja EU politik