TY - JOUR

T1 - Neglecting Results?

T2 - A Critical View of the Literature on Organised Interests in the European Union

AU - Pedersen, Morten Jarlbæk

PY - 2016/8

Y1 - 2016/8

N2 - Much research has been undertaken to cast light on to the role of interest groups in the European Union and elsewhere. However, only a few researchers have focused their energy on the practical effects of involvement – effects on the legal output of the political process. Thus, we have a good knowledge of interest groups as input factors and we have a language to asses their weight in terms of input legitimacy. However, we do not understand their actual impact on the substance of legislation: does involvement make laws more efficient? This question seems especially relevant in the EU as this organisation is often said to be much dependent on the effective and efficient functioning of its rules – its output legitimacy.

AB - Much research has been undertaken to cast light on to the role of interest groups in the European Union and elsewhere. However, only a few researchers have focused their energy on the practical effects of involvement – effects on the legal output of the political process. Thus, we have a good knowledge of interest groups as input factors and we have a language to asses their weight in terms of input legitimacy. However, we do not understand their actual impact on the substance of legislation: does involvement make laws more efficient? This question seems especially relevant in the EU as this organisation is often said to be much dependent on the effective and efficient functioning of its rules – its output legitimacy.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - European Union Lobbying

KW - organised insterests

KW - Output legitimacy

KW - policy output

U2 - 10.1002/pa.1588

DO - 10.1002/pa.1588

M3 - Journal article

VL - 16

SP - 270

EP - 278

JO - Journal of Public Affairs

JF - Journal of Public Affairs

SN - 1472-3891

IS - 3

M1 - 4

ER -