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Introduction: Transnational Interest Representation and the Articulation of Employee Interests
2018Transnational employee representation operates in a highly complex environment. Multinational companies (MNCs) typically consist of numerous operations distributed across a large number of countries, embracing a wide range of activities and diverse groups of employees.
Thomas Haipeter +2 more
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The future of EU‐level interest representation
Journal of Communication Management, 1999A central mechanism of European integration is the relationship between the European institutions and European‐level interest groups. This paper reviews the ability of interest groups to contribute to European integration by providing an overview of their numbers, support factors, resources, capacities and organisation, as well as identifying the ...
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The Regulation of Interest Representation
1997The fast growth of interest representation at the European level in recent years has brought its own problems. If the estimates that there is one person working in the Brussels interest representation environment for every Commission staff member (excluding translators and secretarial staff) are at all accurate (Chapters 1 and 3), there is now a danger
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The matter of representation: precarious self-employment and interest organizations
2019This chapter investigates membership of interest organizations through the lens of precarious self-employment. First, we aim to identity different ‘types’ of self-employment based on their degree of precariousness. Based on a Latent Class Analysis we construct a four-category typology of solo self-employment (i.e., secure traditional / precarity-prone ...
Jansen, G., Sluiter, R.
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The multilevel interest representation of national business associations
West European Politics, 2017The role of interest groups in EU policy-making has been widely researched, but findings are still inconclusive. With regard to national business interest associations (BIAs), it is generally acknowledged that they have adopted a multilevel strategy in the course of EU integration.
Kohler-Koch, Beate +2 more
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When are Interests Interesting? The Problem of Political Representation of Women
1998Abstract In the beginning there was no problem of political representation of women. The reason was not that everyone agreed that women should not be represented; rather, the argument was that women were represented. The justification for this argument is best exemplified by the often-quoted common law view found in Blackstone’s ...
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The Political Representation of the Labour Interest in Britain
British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2003AbstractThis article analyses the condition of the labour alliance of the Labour Party and its affiliated unions in the light of a recent typology of union–party links, and of Lewis Minkin's seminal study of the British union–party link. We conclude that, while the link appeared to have stabilized before the general election in 2001, it has become much
Steve Ludlam, Andrew Taylor
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Representation and the interests of political minorities
2008It was not uncommon to hear North Carolinians say, Jesse Helms does not represent me. Yet, for thirty years Jesse Helms was a duly elected senator from that state. So, in some sense, he did represent the citizens of North Carolina. How can this be true?
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The representation of migrants’ interests’ in the European Union
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1998Abstract What impact does European integration have on the scope for representation of migrants’ interests in EU level decision‐making processes? This article explores this issue by examining the development of legal, political and institutional responsibilities at EU level that have emerged to manage a range of immigration and asylum‐related issues ...
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Interest Groups: the Problem of Representation
Western Political Quarterly, 1985James L. Franke, Douglas Dobson
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