Change of government and interest groups' preference attainment on the formulation of the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP): from Conte to Draghi
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Authors
Pritoni A.,
Bitonti A.,
Montalbano G.
Type
Journal Article
Year
2023
Language
English
Abstract
This article focuses on how the 20 main Italian interest groups evaluated the contents of the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP). In comparing its two versions (Conte Draft and Draghi Plan), we want to understand whether the change of government impacted on the contents of the NRRP and, in turn, on interest groups' preference attainment. To do so, we coded around 800 public statements following a multi-media approach. Interest groups' general appraisal for the NRRP grew with the change of government, while business groups greatly increased their degree of preference attainment. This within-case longitudinal comparison assesses the importance of governments' partisan composition to account for interest groups' success in the policymaking.
Keywords
Interest groups, Italy, NRRP, party-group ideological proximity, preference attainment
Journal
Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica
Volume
53
Number ( Month )
3
Pages (or article number)
333-350
