Advocacy Group Effects in Global Governance

Lisa M. Dellmuth is Professor of International Relations at the Department of Economic History and International Relations, Stockholm University, Sweden. 
Elizabeth A. Bloodgood is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Concordia University, Canada.

Global governance is no longer a matter of state cooperation or bureaucratic politics. Since the end of the cold war, advocacy groups have proliferated and enjoyed increasing access to global governance institutions such as the European Union, World Trade Organization, and the United Nations climate conferences. This book seeks to push theories of interest groups and international non-governmental organizations forward. It argues that the advocacy group effects on global governance institutions are best understood by examining how groups use and shape domestic and global political opportunity structures. Chapters examine how, when, and why domestic and global political opportunity structures shape advocacy group effects in global governance, across global institutions, levels of government, advocacy organizations, issue areas, and over time. As special interests are becoming increasingly involved in global governance, we need to better understand how advocacy organizations may impact global public goods provision.

Advances theories of interest groups and international non-governmental organizations

Chapter 1. Advocacy group effects in global governance: populations, strategies, and political opportunity structures Lisa M. Dellmuth and Elizabeth A. Bloodgood.- Chapter 2. No borders, no bias? Comparing advocacy group populations at the national and transnational levelsJoost Berkhout and Marcel Hanegraaf.- Chapter 3. NGO participation in global governance institutions: international and domestic drivers of engagement Laura A. Henry.- Chapter 4. When do refugees matter? The importance of issue salience for digital advocacy organizationsNina Hall.- Chapter 5. Taking control of regulations: how international advocacy NGOs shape the regulatory environments of their target countries Andrew Heiss.- Chapter 6. Competition and strategic differentiation among transnational advocacy groups Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni.- Chapter 7. Correction to: Lobbying the lobbyists: when and why do policymakers seek to influence advocacy groups in global governance?Kirsten Lucas, Marcel Hanegraaff and Iskander De Bruycker.- Chapter 8. The stakes of global venue shopping: examining bank lobbying in the Basel Committee and the European Union Adam William Chalmers and Adela Alexandra Iacobov.- Chapter 9. Transnational partnerships' strategies in global fisheries governanceMatilda Tove Petersson.- Chapter 10. Close cousins or false friends? Studying interest groups and INGOs Darren R. Halpin.- Chapter11. Civil society and global governance: Exploring transscalar connections Jan Aart Scholte.