Interest-group capacities and infant industry development: State-sponsored growth in organic farming
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2011
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Halpin, Darren
Daugbjerg, Carsten
Schvartzman, Yonatan
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Sage Publications Inc
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Both interest-group and public-policy scholars accept that groups are important to policy formulation and implementation because they hold valuable capacities. However, the literature has not dealt with whether, and how, groups develop capacities. In this article, we examine the question of group capacity development by ing on the adaption of specific groups to evolving policy contexts. Taking the example of organic farm policy we look at the impact that divergent policy strategies aimed at growing this infant industry sector have had on the way related industry groups have evolved in four countries. This comparative study supports our afocusrgument that policy strategy is one key force in shaping the capacities that groups develop over time.
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Keywords: infant industry; interest groups; organic farming; public policy; state
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International Political Science Review
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