The contingent character of interest groups-political parties’ interaction

This article examines the conditions under which interest groups interact with political parties. Existing research finds that interest group–political party interactions in most western democracies have become more open and contingent over time. The close ideological and formal organisational ties...

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Authors: Chaqués Bonafont, Laura, Cristancho Mantilla, Camilo, Muñoz Márquez, Luz, Rincón García, Leire
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Publication Date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/46693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X20000082
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Interest groups
Issue salience
Mainstream parties
Political parties
Spain
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spelling The contingent character of interest groups-political parties’ interactionChaqués Bonafont, LauraCristancho Mantilla, CamiloMuñoz Márquez, LuzRincón García, LeireInterest groupsIssue salienceMainstream partiesPolitical partiesSpainThis article examines the conditions under which interest groups interact with political parties. Existing research finds that interest group–political party interactions in most western democracies have become more open and contingent over time. The close ideological and formal organisational ties that once characterised these relations have gradually been replaced by alternative, more pragmatic forms of cooperation. However, most of this research stresses the importance of the structural factors underpinning these links over time and across countries, but sheds little light on the factors driving short-term interest group–party interactions. Here, by drawing on survey data on Spanish interest groups obtained between December 2016 and May 2017, this article seeks to fill this gap by taking into account party status, issue salience and a group’s resources as explanatory variables. It shows that mainstream parties are the primary targets of interest groups, that groups dealing with salient issues are more likely to contact political parties and that the groups with most resources interact with a larger number of parties.This work was supported by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (CSO-2015-69878-P) Granttitle “La política de transparencia y derecho a la información en un contexto de governanza multinivel,” IP: Laura Chaqués Bonafont.Cambridge University Press202120212021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/46693http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X20000082reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésJournal of Public Policy. 2021 Sep;41(3):440-61info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/CSO2015-69878-P© Cambridge University Press. The published version of the article: Chaqués-Bonafont L, Cristancho C, Muñoz-Márquez L, Rincón L. The contingent character of interest groups-political parties’ interaction. Journal of Public Policy. 2021 Sep;41(3):440-61. DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X20000082 is available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-public-policy/article/contingent-character-of-interest-groupspolitical-parties-interaction/0135D07900C02A739E441490EFDF9940.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/466932026-06-12T07:21:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The contingent character of interest groups-political parties’ interaction
title The contingent character of interest groups-political parties’ interaction
spellingShingle The contingent character of interest groups-political parties’ interaction
Chaqués Bonafont, Laura
Interest groups
Issue salience
Mainstream parties
Political parties
Spain
title_short The contingent character of interest groups-political parties’ interaction
title_full The contingent character of interest groups-political parties’ interaction
title_fullStr The contingent character of interest groups-political parties’ interaction
title_full_unstemmed The contingent character of interest groups-political parties’ interaction
title_sort The contingent character of interest groups-political parties’ interaction
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Chaqués Bonafont, Laura
Cristancho Mantilla, Camilo
Muñoz Márquez, Luz
Rincón García, Leire
author Chaqués Bonafont, Laura
author_facet Chaqués Bonafont, Laura
Cristancho Mantilla, Camilo
Muñoz Márquez, Luz
Rincón García, Leire
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author2 Cristancho Mantilla, Camilo
Muñoz Márquez, Luz
Rincón García, Leire
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Interest groups
Issue salience
Mainstream parties
Political parties
Spain
topic Interest groups
Issue salience
Mainstream parties
Political parties
Spain
description This article examines the conditions under which interest groups interact with political parties. Existing research finds that interest group–political party interactions in most western democracies have become more open and contingent over time. The close ideological and formal organisational ties that once characterised these relations have gradually been replaced by alternative, more pragmatic forms of cooperation. However, most of this research stresses the importance of the structural factors underpinning these links over time and across countries, but sheds little light on the factors driving short-term interest group–party interactions. Here, by drawing on survey data on Spanish interest groups obtained between December 2016 and May 2017, this article seeks to fill this gap by taking into account party status, issue salience and a group’s resources as explanatory variables. It shows that mainstream parties are the primary targets of interest groups, that groups dealing with salient issues are more likely to contact political parties and that the groups with most resources interact with a larger number of parties.
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