Lobbying, political uncertainty and policy outcomes. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sebastian Koehler.
• Authors: Koehler, Sebastian
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; Variables and Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; References; 2 Fundamental Uncertainty: The Demand for Information and Interest Group Activities; 2.1 The Good, The Bad, or The Ugly?; 2.2 The Group Approach to Lobbying; 2.3 The Strategic Perspective: Formal Models of Lobbying; 2.4 Empirical Evidence-Representative Democracy and Interest Group Activities; 2.4.1 Networks-Structure and Influence; 2.4.2 Lobbying Activities; References; 3 Process Uncertainty: Political Decision-Making; 3.1 Law-Making and Political Bargaining 3.1.1 The Legislative Process in Germany3.1.2 Bicameralism and Models of Bargaining; 3.1.3 The Coalition Game; 3.2 Process Uncertainty; References; 4 Modeling Interest Group Communication Strategies; 4.1 The Model Setup; 4.2 The Bargaining Stage; 4.3 Analysis of the Full Game; 4.4 Implications of the Model; 4.5 Hypotheses; References; 5 Data and Operationalization; 5.1 The Data; 5.1.1 The Policy Domain: Actors and Interests; 5.1.2 Types of Data; 5.2 Dependent Variables; 5.2.1 Interest Group Activities; 5.2.2 Aggregation; 5.3 Independent Variables; 5.3.1 Preferences and Distance Measures 5.3.2 Lobbying Costs5.3.3 Fundamental Uncertainty; 5.3.4 Control Variables; 5.4 Hypotheses Revisited; References; 6 Interest Group Communication Strategies; 6.1 Mobilization Patterns; 6.1.1 Ideological Distance and Mobilization Patterns; 6.2 Modeling Interest Group Strategies; 6.2.1 Determinants of Strategy Choice; 6.2.2 Basic Activities; 6.2.3 Public Messages; 6.2.4 Private Messages; References; 7 Conclusions; References; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 322.43; Political science; Lobbying; Pressure groups; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy; Political Science -- Public Policy -- General; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy; Science -- System Theory; Social Science -- Statistics; Political structure & processes; Political structures: democracy; Social research & statistics; Public policy; Legislative bodies; Democracy; Statistics; Public administration; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319970554; 3319970550
• Related ISBNs: 9783319970547
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 31, 2018)
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