Repressive Tolerance of Organised Interests: The Eagerness to Not Listen When Consulting

Authors

  • Morten Jarlbæk Pedersen Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58235/sjpa.v22i2.11431

Keywords:

Consultation, Organised interests, Public administration, Lobbyism, Output legitimacy

Abstract

Consultation of interests is often seen as a source of both input and output legitimacy. However, consultation only strengthens output legitimacy if it leads to improvements in legislative proposals. This detailed study of consultation reports in Denmark – chosen as a most-likely case when it comes to consultation having an effect on the substance of laws – shows a major difference in the amenability of different governmental branches but that, in general, the authorities do not listen much despite a strong tradition of consultation. This risks jeopardising the transfer of knowledge from societal actors to administrations, thus having a detrimental effect on the potential that consultation has to strengthen output legitimacy.

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Author Biography

Morten Jarlbæk Pedersen, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

Morten Jarlbæk Pedersen is a Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen. This study is a result of a collaboration between the University of Copenhagen and Confederation of Danish Enterprise, where Morten Jarlbæk Pedersen was employed for five years before engaging in the research project. For the purpose of the project, he was relieved of responsi- bilities as a consultant at the Confederation of Danish Enterprise.

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Published

2018-06-15

How to Cite

Jarlbæk Pedersen, M. (2018). Repressive Tolerance of Organised Interests: The Eagerness to Not Listen When Consulting. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, 22(2), 43–64. https://doi.org/10.58235/sjpa.v22i2.11431

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