Contours of Access in Federal Advisory Committees: A Preliminary Assessment of the Implications for Citizen and Interest Group Participation in the Policymaking Process

• 영문명: Contours of Access in Federal Advisory Committees: A Preliminary Assessment of the Implications for Citizen and Interest Group Participation in the Policymaking Process
• 발행기관: 한국공공정책학회
• 저자명: Michelle L. Chin Eric Lindquist
• 간행물 정보: 『공공정책연구』한국공공정책연구 제13호, 101~126쪽, 전체 26쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 정책학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2003.06.01

영문 초록

Studies of group participation in the policymaking process often focus on the activities of groups at discrete points in the policy process such as lobbying Congress (Baumgartner and Leech 2000; Hojnacki and Kimball 2001), or participating in the activities of federal advisory committees (FACs) at the rule-making or policy implementation stage (Balla and Wright 2000; Petracca 1986). The policymaking process, however, encompasses multiple stages in which issues are defined, agendas are set and policies are implemented (see Anderson 1994, 280-287); yet there are no studies that examine group participation throughout all facets of this process. Any normative conclusions regarding the impact of group politics on representative democracy depend on whether or not groups that participate at one stage are also major players in other stages of the policy process. We report findings from a case study of a transportation policy FAC and preliminary analysis of membership in a sample of FACs in health, agriculture and science policy domains in 2000. Interest group participation in FACs does not appear to be biased in favor of business interests.

목차

Contours of Access in Federal Advisory Committees: A Preliminary Assessment of the Implications for Citizen and Interest Group Participation in the Policymaking Process

Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Just the FACs

3. Previous Research on FACs

4. One Example from the Transportation Policy Domain

5. Aggregate FAC Data

6. Findings

7. Conclusion

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