Grassroots lobbying in Germany: Are moderately and greatly supported public petitions effective?

This paper investigates the effectiveness of a grassroots lobbying technique—public petitions—in Germany, applying the costly signaling theory and the economic theory of political information. I analyzed public petitions with at least 1,000 signatures, addressed by the Bundestag during its 19th term...

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Publicado en:	Parliamentary Affairs Vol. 79; no. 2; pp. 353 - 380
Autor principal:	Olejnik, Maciej
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Oxford University Press / USA Apr2026
Materias:	Germany Germany. Bundestag Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Political party : Germany) Social advocacy Petitions Political endorsements Information theory in economics Political system efficacy
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