• Introducing the Party-interest group relationships in contemporary democracies datasets 

      Allern, Elin Haugsgjerd; Hansen, Vibeke Wøien; Rødland, Lise; Maiken, Røed; Klüver, Heike; Le Gall, Cal; Marshall, David; Otjes, Simon; Poguntke, Thomas; Rasmussen, Anne; Saurugger, Sabine; Witko, Christopher (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Few existing datasets on parties and interest groups include data from both sides and a wide variety of interest groups and parties. We contribute to filling this gap by making several interconnected new datasets publicly ...
    • Organised interests in the media and policy congruence: The contingent impact of the status quo 

      Rasmussen, Anne; Binderkrantz, Anne Skorkjær; Klüver, Heike (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      While a multitude of studies have investigated the link between opinion and policy, we have little knowledge of how and when organised interests affect this linkage. We argue that the alignment of organised interests affects ...
    • Policy positions, power and interest group-party lobby routines 

      Allern, Elin Haugsgjerd; Klüver, Heike; Marshall, David; Otjes, Simon; Rasmussen, Anne; Witko, Christopher (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Prior literature points to the importance of party power and ideology for interest group-party contacts in the legislative arena. But interest groups do not often have ideologies – they are typically active in a small ...