Comparative Interest Group Survey Dutch Dataset

The Comparative Interest Group-survey project (CIG-Survey Project)’s objective is to develop systematic knowledge about the organizational development as well as the political strategies of civil society organizations, interest groups, lobby groups and advocacy organizations. What kind of challenges do these organizations face and how do they manage them? Our aim is to achieve a better understanding of the daily operations of civil society organizations across different national settings. These kind of organizations face many challenges, budget constraints, severe time pressure and operate in an increasingly complex legal and institutional environment. How does all this affect their organizational structure and what kind of strategies do these organization use to cope with these challenges? The major goal is to develop sound comparative and in-depth empirically grounded knowledge on these matters. For this purpose, the project involves various surveys and the systematic mapping of the interest group populations in different European countries, including the EU-level. Large surveys were conducted in Slovenia, Belgium, Sweden, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Portugal, and the EU-level. Data: This part of the website contains all material and sources to be used for replication purposes. More specifically, you find for each sub-project the following information: the sampling frame, pdf of the questionnaire, the dataset, report of the fieldwork, a codebook and a data report. The datasets can be consulted and used freely for academic purposes. If you would like to get access to some specific parts of the data that are not in the public archive, please mail the contact person for a specific dataset. Also the questionnaire can be used for replication purposes on the condition that the authors of the questionnaire are consulted in advance and that the original questionnaire is cited. It is expected that users register themselves voluntary by completing this form. In this way we can keep track of who is using the data and for what purposes. Please take a careful look at the disclaimer before starting to download and analyze CIG-survey data