Overview
- Researches the role that interest groups play in new modes of EU governance
- Focuses on the role of interest representation in experimentalist governance frameworks
- Asks how lobbying in the legislative process contributes to the governance framework and its institutional arrangements
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology (PSEPS)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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About this book
This book researches the role that interest groups play in new modes of EU governance, with a specific focus on the role of interest representation in experimentalist governance frameworks. The research asks how lobbying in the legislative process contributes to the governance framework and its institutional arrangements and subsequently asks how the relevant interest groups participate in policy implementation – in which broad policy goals are concretised. The research is based on four in-depth case studies: the Industrial Emissions Directive, the General Data Protection Regulation, the Combating Child Abuse Directive, and the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision Directive. Of special interest in these cases are the balance between types of interest groups (most notably business and NGOs) in policy formulation and implementation, and the changing dynamics between interest groups and public policy-makers in such ‘horizontal’ governance. The book’s findings are required reading for all those concerned with effective and democratic policy-making in the EU.
Reviews
– Marcel Hanegraaff, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Governance is changing, with claims that it has become less hierarchical and more experimental. This book engages deeply with core debates about its development that are crucial both for theory in public policy, administration and political sociology, as well as for practice. Its investigation covers case studies that are varied and vital- industrial data protection, occupational retirement, and protection of children. Its excellent investigation is invaluable for those interested in contemporary governance.
– Mark Thatcher, Professor of Political Science, Luiss University, Italy
What is the role of NGOs and business associations in experimentalist governance? And how do new forms of recursive policy making influence the preferences and lobbying strategies of such interest groups? Douwe Truijens’s innovative book tackles these important but understudied questions through in-depth comparative case studies across four major policy fields: industrial emissions, data privacy, online child protection, and occupational pensions. His insightful findings shed valuable light on the potential—but also the pitfalls—of these new forms of public-private interaction for improving the effectiveness and legitimacy of European governance.
– Jonathan Zeitlin, Distinguished Faculty Professor of Political Science and Director of the Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES), University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsAuthors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Interest Groups and Experimentalist Governance in the EU
Book Subtitle: New Modes of Lobbying
Authors: Douwe Truijens
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64602-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-64601-1Published: 02 March 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-64604-2Published: 03 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-64602-8Published: 01 March 2021
Series ISSN: 2946-6016
Series E-ISSN: 2946-6024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 238
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: European Politics, Governance and Government, Political Sociology