Multilevel Strategies for Political Influence: How and Why Do Domestic Civil Society Organisations Seek Political Influence at National and EU Levels?

Johansson, Håkan; Scaramuzzino, Roberto; Wennerhag, Magnus

doi:10.30950/jcer.v14i2.878

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“…Behind this might be a concern that EU harmonization might lead to a loosening of the specific Swedish model. This is consistent with Beyers and Kerremans' (2012) argument that the issue-specific context in which interest groups develop their political strategies can be an incentive to address other levels of government than the domestic level, particularly for groups that organize around issues that will be significantly affected by policy changes (see also Johansson, Scaramuzzino, and Wennerhag 2018).…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Hence the organizations examined in this chapter were manually categorized into ten different organizational types. 2 In fact, previous research has shown that organizational type is a relevant factor behind whether an actor is present and active at different geographical levels (Beyers , 2008Johansson, Scaramuzzino and Wennerhag 2018). In accordance with this literature our categorization allows us to distinguish between diffuse and specific interests.…”

Section: Points Of Departuresupporting

confidence: 56%

“…The table suggests that there is no overall trade-off between the different motives to Europeanize, and certain types of CSOs (e.g., trade unions) are more likely to deem all four motives as important compared to other types of CSOs (e.g., humanitarian organizations), which are less likely to deem all four motives as important (see Johansson, Scaramuzzino, and Wennerhag 2018). Among the different reasons for seeking to influence the EU level, the one that most CSOs perceived as important is to influence the policies of the EU itself (23 percent) followed by influencing other countries to adopt Swedish policies within the interest areas of the organization (21 percent).…”

Section: What Motives Do Swedish Csos Have To Europeanize?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This also illustrates that what della Porta (2013) labels as domestication is the most common strategy used for influencing EU policies. CSOs' demands for political or regulatory changes in EU policies are thus usually mediated by domestic actors of one's own country (see also Johansson, Scaramuzzino, and Wennerhag 2018).…”

Section: Religious Associations and Congregationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Civil Society stands for one of the most ambitious projects and influential concepts relating to the study of modern societies. Scholars working in this field aim to secure greater equality of opportunity, democratic participation, individual freedom, and societal self-organization in the face of social deficits caused by globalizing neo-liberalism. This series deals with the multiple languages, different layers, and diverse practices of existing and emerging civil societies in Europe and elsewhere and asks how far the renewed interest in the concept can contribute to the gradual evolution of civil society in the wider world.

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Section: What Motives Do Swedish Csos Have To Europeanize?mentioning

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“…Previous research on the participation of CSOs in the OMC process has been conducted mainly in Europeanization conceptual frameworks: The Europeanisation of CSOs (Scaramuzzino & Wennerhag, 2015), Europeanization pathways and multi‐level political influence strategies (Johansson et al, 2018; Ruzza & Bozzini, 2008), and Europeanization through coordination (Barbehön, 2012).…”

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Success in agenda setting through failure in policymaking: Exploring a new policy venue in the Polish European Semester 2012–2022

Szarfenberg

2022

Int J Soc Welfare

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The article presents the results of a case study based on participant observation of a policy venue which was established in Poland as part of the implementation of the European Semester (ES) in 2012. The long period (2012-2022) and the rich material collected by the insider in the studied venue (as a representative of over 30 civil society organisations affiliated to EAPN Poland) provide a unique opportunity to gain insight into the participation of social actors in the coordination of economic and social policy in the European Union after 2010. The main research question addressed in the article is: why did social actors gain influence on the agenda of the policy venue, but not on national social policy? Social actors participating in the European Semester in Poland, despite strong and competent representation in the policy venue under consideration, and despite their collaboration with other stakeholders, did not directly influence national poverty reduction policies. However, they strongly influenced the agenda of the policy venue, establishing poverty as a permanent item in the agenda of the subsequent ES cycles 2014-2019. The explanation of this course of action is the institutional framework of the policy venue studied in this article, the policy advocacy strategy adopted by the social actors within it in 2013-2015 and the institutional events triggered by the pandemic in 2020-2022.

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2022

International Encyclopedia of Civil Society

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Multilevel Strategies for Political Influence: How and Why Do Domestic Civil Society Organisations Seek Political Influence at National and EU Levels?

Cited by 7 publications

References 16 publications

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Success in agenda setting through failure in policymaking: Exploring a new policy venue in the Polish European Semester 2012–2022

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