Policy Networking and Lobbying in Slovenia, 1996 and 2012

The main purpose of the study on Design of Network Policy and Lobbying in Slovenia in 1996 was to examine the changes that occurred due to the transition process in Slovenia. A highly interdisciplinary team of researchers captured social, economic and other changes in policy making. The main research issue was the dynamics and changes of network policy over time in the process of profound changes in the political system. In spring 2012, a survey was carried out with the same main research issue as that of 1996, i.e. the creation of a policy network in a period of political change. The purpose of the research was to analyse the impact of Slovenian integration into the European Union on stakeholder strategies over time and through different periods (pre-accession, accession period and full membership). Therefore, questions have been added to the questionnaire focusing precisely on international action and stakeholder participation. The project combines two main research objectives in both time points: through cross-sectoral comparison, it is intended to obtain an explanatory insight into the process of designing network policy during the transition period (1996) or in the integration into the European Union (2012) and acquire a sctorical or substantive approach to reveal the characteristics of network policy and dynamics. The 2012 survey was part of the international project Comparative Research on Interest Policy in Europe — INTEREURO. The key objective of the project was to create a complex theoretical and empirical understanding of the role of stakeholders in the European political-institutional system.1996年斯洛文尼亚网络政策制定与游说研究的核心目标，是考察该国转型进程中出现的各类变迁。一支高度跨学科的研究团队，记录了政策制定过程中的社会、经济及其他维度的变迁。本研究的核心议题为：在政治体系发生深刻变革的进程中，网络政策随时间推移的动态演化与变迁规律。2012年春季，我们开展了一项与1996年核心研究议题一致的调研，即探究政治变革时期政策网络的构建过程。本次研究的目的在于，分析斯洛文尼亚融入欧洲一体化进程后，不同阶段（入盟前、入盟谈判期及正式成员国身份时期）利益相关方（stakeholder）战略的长期变化及其影响。因此，我们在问卷中新增了聚焦国际行动与利益相关方参与的相关问题。本项目在两个时间节点上均涵盖两大核心研究目标：一是通过跨部门比较，深入阐释转型期（1996年）或欧洲一体化进程中（2012年）的网络政策制定过程；二是采用部门视角或实质性研究路径，揭示网络政策的特征及其动态演化规律。2012年的调研隶属于欧洲利益集团政策比较研究（Comparative Research on Interest Policy in Europe）国际项目——INTEREURO。该项目的核心目标是，构建关于利益相关方在欧洲政治制度体系中所扮演角色的系统性理论与实证认知。