LEADER 05012nam 22006375 450 001 9910863179203321 005 20250610110215.0 010 $a9783030555214 010 $a3030555216 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-55521-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000011526326 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6381063 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-55521-4 035 $a(PPN)259451959 035 $a(Perlego)3481384 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29095420 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011526326 100 $a20201024d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAchieving Democracy Through Interest Representation $eInterest Groups in Central and Eastern Europe /$fby Patrycja Rozbicka, Pawe? Kami?ski, Meta Novak, Vaida Jankauskait? 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 $cSpringer International Publishing$d2021 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (XX, 225 p. 11 illus.) 225 1 $aInterest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series,$x2946-3262 311 08$a9783030555207 311 08$a3030555208 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Interest organizations in Central and Eastern Europe - evaluating population ecology -- Chapter 3: Organized interest in the policy-making process -- Chapter 4: Drivers behind relations between interest organizations and political parties in the CEE countries -- Chapter 5: The organizational development of non-governmental organizations in CEE -- Chapter 6: Significance of trade unions in the CEE counties - beyond corporatism and pluralism? -- Chapter 7: Seeking access to policy stakeholders: business 'lobbying' vs others -- Chapter 8: Interest organizations in CEE and European policy process -- Chapter 9: Conclusions. The future of 'lobbying' in the CEE countries. 330 $a'This book brings added value to the already rich literature on interest groups, representation and democracy. The most important contribution is that the detailed analysis of the growth, role and importance of the interest group system in Lithuania, Poland and Slovenia is put in a comparative perspective. It provides a deep understanding of the similarities and, above all, the differences between the three countries which is furthered by extending the comparative analysis to Western Europe. Last, not least, the book addresses a most pertinent question - the influence of an unsupportive environment on interest group participation in the democratic policy creation process.' -Professor Beate Kohler, University of Mannheim, Germany 'At a time when the prospects for democratic politics are coming under question in some post-communist countries, and interest groups are commonly described as weak, this book provides a very timely exploration ofinterest group politics in Central and Eastern Europe. Drawing on detailed research on three contrasting CEE countries, Lithuania, Poland and Slovenia, it provides a more detailed and comprehensive approach than most previous research, locating interest group development in a wider context of the political and ecological factors that affect its strength and character.' -Professor Terry Cox, University of Glasgow, UK This book assesses the quality of democracy through the study of organized interests in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) since the collapse of communism in 1989 up to 2017. Drawing on democratic theory and comparative analysis, the authors explore the effects of a legal framework, political and social contexts. Patrycja Rozbicka is Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations at Aston University, UK. Pawe? Kami?ski is Adjunct Professor in the Institute of PoliticalStudies at the Polish Academy of Sciences. Meta Novak is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and a researcher at the Centre for Political Science Research in the same faculty. Vaida Jankauskait? is Researcher in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. 410 0$aInterest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series,$x2946-3262 606 $aEurope$xPolitics and government 606 $aComparative government 606 $aPolitical planning 606 $aEuropean Politics 606 $aComparative Politics 606 $aPublic Policy 615 0$aEurope$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aComparative government. 615 0$aPolitical planning. 615 14$aEuropean Politics. 615 24$aComparative Politics. 615 24$aPublic Policy. 676 $a320.947 676 $a320.94 700 $aRozbicka$b Patrycja$01229728 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910863179203321 996 $aAchieving democracy through interest representation$92854542 997 $aUNINA