Cultural capital and the density of organised interests lobbying the European Parliament

Drawing on a new dataset the article investigates a case study of the population of interest representatives lobbying the European Parliament. It examines the role of economic and cultural resources to account for the representation of organised interests from different EU member states. It adds to...

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Published inWest European politics Vol. 40; no. 5; pp. 1132 - 1152
Main Authors Carroll, Brendan J., Rasmussen, Anne
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Routledge 03.09.2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Case studies
Citizen participation
Cultural capital
Cultural resources
Density
Economic resources
European Parliament
Interest groups
Legislatures
Lobbying
multilevel governance
Ratings & rankings
Representation
Social capital
Europe
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Summary:Drawing on a new dataset the article investigates a case study of the population of interest representatives lobbying the European Parliament. It examines the role of economic and cultural resources to account for the representation of organised interests from different EU member states. It adds to the existing literature on the density of organised interests by showing that in addition to economic resources, cultural capital plays a significant role in stimulating the activity of organised interests. Whether countries have a high number of organised interests in the parliament's interest group community depends on both whether they are economically prosperous and how large a share of their citizens participate in associational life. In addition, the findings demonstrate how the ranking of countries in the population of organised interests lobbying the parliament depends on the benchmark used to measure density.
ISSN:0140-2382
1743-9655
DOI:10.1080/01402382.2017.1303243