TY - JOUR
T1 - The density of the EU interest system
T2 - A test of the ESA model
AU - Messer, Anne
AU - Berkhout, Joost
AU - Lowery, David
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - To evaluate calls for a more theoretically generalizable, large-N study of EU interest representation, we adapt the ESA model of interest system density, originally developed to study the interest communities of the American states, to the EU case. We necessarily modify both model and measures in order to account for the unique features of the EU policy process. We test the model with OLS regression using data on the density of different types or guilds (economic and social sectors) of organized interests in the European Union. We use the findings to discuss the viability of inter-system transfers of theories about the politics of interest representation.
AB - To evaluate calls for a more theoretically generalizable, large-N study of EU interest representation, we adapt the ESA model of interest system density, originally developed to study the interest communities of the American states, to the EU case. We necessarily modify both model and measures in order to account for the unique features of the EU policy process. We test the model with OLS regression using data on the density of different types or guilds (economic and social sectors) of organized interests in the European Union. We use the findings to discuss the viability of inter-system transfers of theories about the politics of interest representation.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0007123409990329
DO - 10.1017/S0007123409990329
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79957499272
SN - 0007-1234
VL - 41
SP - 161
EP - 190
JO - British Journal of Political Science
JF - British Journal of Political Science
IS - 1
ER -