EU interest representation or US-style lobbying?

Greenwood, Justin; Young, Alasdair R.

Abstract

While the number of interest groups competing for influence at the European level has exploded, the EU policy process is usually described as strikingly apolitical. The initial surge in interest group participation was principally a consequence of the transfer of authority to the EU, and of greater policy activity in the wake of the single market program. Subsequent efforts to integrate interest groups more fully into the policy process reflected an effort to extend democracy. The still-limited scope of EU authority, however, also restricts the successful extension of democracy at the European level.

Citation

GREENWOOD, J. and YOUNG, A.R. 2005. EU interest representation or US-style lobbying? In Jabko, N. and Parsons, C. (eds.) With US or against US? European trends in American perspective. The state of the European Union, 7. Oxford: Oxford University Press [online], chapter 12. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/0199283958.003.0012

• Online Publication Date: Feb 28, 2006
• Publication Date: Aug 4, 2005
• Deposit Date: Feb 25, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 24, 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Series Title: The state of the European Union
• Series Number: 7
• Book Title: With US or against US? European trends in American perspective
• Chapter Number: Chapter 12
• ISBN: 9780199283958
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/0199283958.003.0012
• Keywords: Single market; Governance; EU constitution; Democracy; Civil society; Pluralism; Apolitical
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/861786