First, a piece out now in print @jepp.journal.bluesky.social on the potential of citizen lobby. Through 2 survey experiments, we find that when governments actively engage with citizen lobby, this has robust positive effects on political support.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Helping citizens to lobby themselves. Experimental evidence on the effects of citizen lobby engagement on internal efficacy and political support
Ideally, interest groups form a link between citizens and politics. However, this link is often flawed in practice. Many citizens also feel that the average citizen is not heard and that special in...
