Polish interest groups facing democratic backsliding
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2021
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Democratic backsliding in Central and Eastern European countries is on the rise. Independent judiciaries, other institutions of liberal democracy, as well as civil liberties and media freedom are being undermined, coupled with the human rights and dignity of certain groups being curtailed or even violated. In these difficult political and legal circumstances, non-state actors, such as interest groups, face many challenges. The goal of this research is to explore how interest groups in Poland perceive their position, what tactics they use in order to influence public policies and decision-makers, and whether they search for networking strategies in order to strengthen their position vis-à-vis the government. By placing our research in the Polish context, we fill the gap in the current literature on the situation of interest groups that face democratic backsliding. We base our analyses on new survey data collected from Polish interest groups in 2017–2018, conducted within the Comparative Interest Group Survey.
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1. National Science Centre in Poland - grant Harmonia (2018/30/M/HS5/00437) and 2. National Science Centre in Poland - grant Fuga (2014/12/S/HS5/00006).
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interest groups, democracy backsliding, illiberalism, CEE, Poland
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Interest Groups and Advocacy 2021, vol. 10 (2), pp. 158-180.