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Political Economy Reasons for Government Inertia: The Role of Interest Groups in the Case of Access to Medicines

Political Economy Reasons for Government Inertia: The Role of Interest Groups in the Case of Access to Medicines

Volkswirtschaft - Open Access LMU - Teil 01/03 vor 22 Jahren

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The reluctant reaction of western governments to the AIDS crisis in
developing countries is only one example for policy areas where we
observe a lack of political action despite a public interest in
policy change. The reasons for that lie in the two-stage structure
of the political decision-making process: Interest groups influence
both the policy choice and the subsequent decision on the level of
policy implementation. The lobbies' interest in reform and the
issue-specific chance for compromise determine the policy choice.
The interest groups' failure to agree on political strategies
creates reduced incentives to support policy implementation.