With a Little Help from the People?:  The Role of Public Opinion in Advocacy Success

Anne Rasmussen; Lars Mäder; Stefanie Reher

doi:10.1177/0010414017695334

With a Little Help from the People? The Role of Public Opinion in Advocacy Success

Anne Rasmussen, Lars Mäder, Stefanie Reher

Center for Europæisk Politik

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Recent years have witnessed an increased interest in research on advocacy success, but limited attention has been paid to the role of public opinion. We examine how support from the public affects advocacy success, relying on a new original data set containing information on public opinion, advocacy positions, and policy outcomes on 50 policy issues in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Claims by advocates are measured through a news media content analysis of a sample of policy issues drawn from national and international public opinion surveys. Our multilevel regression analysis provides evidence that public support affects advocacy success. However, public opinion does not affect preference attainment for some of the lobbying advocates whose influence is feared the most, and the magnitude of its impact is conditional upon the number of advocates who lobby on the policy issue in question.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Artikelnummer	1
Tidsskrift	Comparative Political Studies
Vol/bind	51
Udgave nummer	2
Sider (fra-til)	139-164
ISSN	0010-4140
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414017695334
Status	Udgivet - 1 feb. 2018

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