Germany, Europe, and the Politics of Constraint
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Introduction Introduction
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International and German Context International and German Context
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Governance Capacities and the Degree of Fit Governance Capacities and the Degree of Fit
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German and Eu Interest Group Systems German and Eu Interest Group Systems
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The Composition of the Interest Group Systems The Composition of the Interest Group Systems
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Participation in Policy Formulation and Implementation Participation in Policy Formulation and Implementation
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The Mode of Interest Intermediation The Mode of Interest Intermediation
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Interest Organizations in Multi-level Governance Interest Organizations in Multi-level Governance
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Strategic Responses of German Interest Groups to European Integration Strategic Responses of German Interest Groups to European Integration
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Strategy 1 Strategy 1
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Strategies 2 and 3 Strategies 2 and 3
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Strategy 4 Strategy 4
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Types of Interest Organizations in the Eu Multi-Level System Types of Interest Organizations in the Eu Multi-Level System
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The Governance Capacities of the Cluster Members The Governance Capacities of the Cluster Members
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Appendix: Average number of contacts with political institutions, average level of activity in the policy-making cycle, and average access to information by clusters Appendix: Average number of contacts with political institutions, average level of activity in the policy-making cycle, and average access to information by clusters
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8 Interest Groups: Opportunity Structures and Governance Capacity
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Published:16 October 2003
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Abstract
This chapter looks at continuity and change among German interest groups and patterns of interest intermediation in the context of European integration. In other words, it analyses the Europeanization of interest intermediation. While several analysts regard the degree of fit between the EU and the German mode of interest intermediation as a decisive influence on the responses of these groups to European integration, it is argued that it is mainly organizational capacities that explain interest group strategies in the EU multi-level system. The argument is tested in the following steps. First, the chapter provides an overview of the EU and the German systems of interest groups, of the prevalent modes of interest intermediation, and of associational self-regulation at both levels. Based on survey data of German, British, French, and EU business associations, as well as large firms, the general strategies of German interest groups in the EU are outlined. Next, a cluster analysis serves to distinguish five types of interest groups according to their access to political institutions, their access to information from these institutions, and their political activities during the policy cycle: niche organizations, occasional (national) players, (national) traditionalists, EU players, and multilevel players. The results confirm the implications of the ‘capacity’ hypothesis: in general, the changes in the institutional opportunity structure have not led to a major reshuffling of the domestic power structure or to a transformation of the weakly corporatist mode of interest intermediation in Germany.
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