studying preference attainment using spatial models

TY - JOUR

T1 - studying preference attainment using spatial models

AU - Vannoni, Matia

PY - 2017/9

Y1 - 2017/9

N2 - Interest group influence represents the Higgs boson of contemporary social research. Scholars have tried to define and measure influence for decades: tens of different definitions are used in the literature and as many methods to measure it can be found. The literature has recently converged towards an agreement on how to study interest group influence: preference attainment. The latter has monopolised the research in the literature in the last years. Yet, a discussion on what preference attainment is, what it does and what it does not is still missing in the literature. This works aims to fill this gap by providing a theoretical and methodological informed discussion on interest group influence and preference attainment. In so doing, I propose a novel method to apply preference attainment in an effective and efficient manner.

AB - Interest group influence represents the Higgs boson of contemporary social research. Scholars have tried to define and measure influence for decades: tens of different definitions are used in the literature and as many methods to measure it can be found. The literature has recently converged towards an agreement on how to study interest group influence: preference attainment. The latter has monopolised the research in the literature in the last years. Yet, a discussion on what preference attainment is, what it does and what it does not is still missing in the literature. This works aims to fill this gap by providing a theoretical and methodological informed discussion on interest group influence and preference attainment. In so doing, I propose a novel method to apply preference attainment in an effective and efficient manner.

KW - Preference attainment, MDS, interest group influence, EU, tobacco control

U2 - 10.1057/eps.2016.13

DO - 10.1057/eps.2016.13

M3 - Article

SN - 1680-4333

VL - 16

SP - 369

EP - 382

JO - European Political Science

JF - European Political Science

IS - 3

ER -