Gaining access or going public? Interest group strategies in five European countries

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 660-686

  Dür, Andreas ^a   Mateo, Gemma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Inside lobbying; Interest group access; Interest group strategies; Outside lobbying; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879796141     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12012     Document Type: Article

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