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100			_aKroger, Sandra _916806
245			_aHow limited representativeness weakens throughput legitimacy in the EU: The example of interest groups
260			_bPublic Administration
300			_a97(4), 2019: p.770-783.
520			_aAre the interest groups (IGs) that constitute European umbrella organizations capable of cooperating in a way that contributes to the throughput legitimacy of the EU? To answer this question, the representativeness of supranational actors is developed as the central criteria of throughput legitimacy, thereby reconfiguring throughput legitimacy as a two‐level concept. Representativeness is operationalized as consisting of regular contacts between the constituent and the umbrella organization as well as the satisfaction of the former with the representation by the latter. The article looks empirically at agricultural, environmental and anti‐poverty groups. Whereas there are different degrees of contact depending on the policy area, the satisfaction with the representation by the umbrella is compromised for all three IGs. This is closely linked to lowest common denominator policies which reduce the representativeness of the umbrellas and therefore the throughput legitimacy of the EU, a problem that also exists for other actors of supranational governance. - Reproduced.
650			_aPressure groups - European Union _916807
650			_aLegitimacy _916808
773			_aPublic Administration
906			_aInterest groups - European Union
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