Overview

This book examines organized interests in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), providing incisive analyses in three critically important policy areas - healthcare, higher education and energy. The four countries surveyed – Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and the Czech Republic – afford rich diversity offering broad empirical material available for cross-country and cross-policy comparative analyses. Featuring interdisciplinary research, the book draws together recent developments in the evolution of post-communist advocacy organizations, their population ecology dynamics, interest intermediation, the influence of organized interests and their (bottom-up and top-down) Europeanization. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of Central and Eastern European politics, interest groups and lobbying, post-communism, transition and consolidation studies, and more broadly to European studies/politics. The Open Access version of this book, available at: http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003049562, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

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Author:   Michael Dobbins (University of Konstanz, Germany) ,  Rafał Riedel (Opole University, Poland)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367502188

ISBN 10:   0367502186
Pages:   316
Publication Date:   19 May 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"1. Introduction - The ""Missing Link"": Exploring Organized Interests in Post-Communist Policy-Making Part 1: Population Ecology 2. There Is No Tabula Rasa: The effect of varieties of communism on organizational formation rates in pre-transition interest group populations 3. Exploring Populations of Organized Interests in Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe Part 2: Interest Intermediation 4. In Search of Civic Participation: Advocacy tactics in the energy and environmental sector in post-communist Europe 5. Exploring Interest Intermediation in Central and Eastern European Healthcare: Persistent statism, unfettered pluralism or a shift to corporatism? Part 3: Influence of Organized Interests 6. Green Advocacy and Climate and Energy Policy Access in Central Eastern Europe 7. Interest Group Access in CEE in the Healthcare Sector 8. Explaining Institutional Persistence and Change in Polish and Czech Higher Education from a Stakeholder Perspective Part 4: Europeanization Effects 9. At the Crossroads of Europeanization and Professionalization: A cross-country and cross-policy analysis of organized interests in CEE Part 5: Excursions to Other Territory 10. Analyzing Polish and Czech Hard Coal-Mining Trade Unions and Their Positions towards EU Climate and Energy policy 11. Between Mission and Interests: The evolving role of the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic and Poland 12. Filling the Blanks: Political parties, interest groups and representation of civil society Conclusions 13. Rounding up our Journey through the World of Organized Interests in the Post-Communist CEE Region"

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Michael Dobbins is Adjunct Professor of Policy Analysis at the University of Konstanz, Germany. Rafał Riedel is a professor in the Institute of Political Science and Administration at Opole University, Poland.

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