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Influencing EU Politics: Mobilization and Representation of European Civil Society
Friedrichshafen, Germany
29 May 2013 - 1 June 2013
The conference will provide a forum for intense
and structured exchange about ongoing research on the role of non-state actors
in EU politics. It will bring together leading scholars and young researchers
to discuss work in progress and identify future research needs. A number of
analytically distinct but empirically related dimensions of interest group
involvement in the EU's multi-level political system will be targeted:
- populations of interest groups in the EU and the member states
- professionalization of European civil society groups
- strategies for influencing political decision making
- strategic framing of policy issues
- effective influence on EU policy outcomes
- the intersection of interest groups and political parties
- political advocacy of European bureaucracies
- prospects and challenges for the effective regulation of European interest representation.
Reflecting the different stages and dimensions of the influence production
process in the EU, these topics deal with some of the most pressing questions
today within the research fields of civil society, lobbying and public policy.