“…Historically, access was lightly regulated and it was largely the resourceful organizations with large memberships and close contact to the government that were invited to participate in corporative settings such as government boards and agencies and government commissions (Rothstein, 1992;Ruin, 1974). Since the 1990s, the Scandinavian governance style in general, and Sweden in particular, have experienced a decline in corporatist institutions in terms of both formal and normative institutional structures (Blom-Hansen, 2000;Lewin, 1994;Lindvall & Sebring, 2005). In addition, informal policymaking arenas such as networks and personal contacts with decision-makers, professionalized opinion formation and media contacts have gained momentum (Hysing, 2009;Öberg & Svensson, 2012).…”