This study asks whether a change of government altered interest groups’ ability to attain policy preferences in Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), comparing the Conte Draft with the Draghi Plan. Using public statements from 20 main Italian interest groups, the authors present a within-case longitudinal comparison of how groups appraised the NRRP across the two versions.
coded around 800 public statements interest groups' general appraisal grew business groups greatly increased preference attainment within-case longitudinal comparison
Data and methods
The authors report coding about 800 public statements by 20 principal Italian interest groups, collected with a multi-media approach. They compare two versions of the NRRP (the Conte Draft and the Draghi Plan) to assess changes over time in interest groups’ expressed appraisals and stated preference attainment.
Main findings
According to the abstract, interest groups’ overall appraisal of the NRRP increased following the change of government, and business groups in particular showed a marked rise in their degree of preference attainment between the Conte and Draghi plans. The authors frame this as evidence about the relevance of government partisan composition for interest-group success in policymaking.
- The analysis is a within-case longitudinal comparison of the same policy across two government periods.
- Results are based on coded public statements and comparisons between the Conte Draft and the Draghi Plan.
