Achieving Democracy through Interest Representation?
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https://doi.org/10.14244/agenda.2023.1.11Palavras-chave:
Democracia, Representação de interesses, Organização de interesses, População de grupos de interesse, Europa Central e Oriental, Lituânia, Polônia, Eslovênia, Lobby, Defesa de interessesResumo
The article discusses a link between interest representation and its importance for democracy. After looking at the pluralist, corporatist and neo-pluralist approaches, the article focuses on the role of interest groups in associational, deliberative, and participatory democracies. I debate whether or not interest representation is a necessary element of democracy and whether the theoretical background can help us grasp it across all political systems. I address this question in the context of young, post-Communist democracies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). I argue that in the CEE countries when studying interest groups’ populations and organizational behaviour, we have to take into consideration a number of internal and external factors that impact perceptions and actual activity of interest groups when it comes to countries’ democratization.
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