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The main purpose of the research Formation of Policy Networks and Lobbying in Slovenia in 1996 was to examine the changes that occurred due to the transition process in Slovenia. Highly interdisciplinary group of researchers covered social, economic and other changes in policy. The main research question was a dynamics and over time changes of policy network in the process of profound changes in the political system. In the spring of 2012, the survey was carried out with the same main research question, as it did that of 1996, thus the formation of policy networks in the period of political change. The purpose of this study was to analyse the impact of Slovenian integration into the European Union on strategies of stakeholders over time and through different periods (before joining, in the period of association and full membership). Therefore questions focusing explicitly on the international engagement and participation of stakeholders were added in the questionnaire. Project in both time points combines two main research objectives: through cross-sectorial comparison acquire explanatory insight into the process of forming policy networks during the transition period (1996) or the integration into the European Union (2012) and Sectorial or thematic approach for revealing the characteristics of policy networks and dynamics through. The 2012 survey was part of international project called Comperative research on interest group politics in Europe – INTEREURO. The main purpose of this project was to promote a more comprehensive theoretical and empirical understanding of the role interest groups play in the European polity.The main purpose of the research Formation of Policy Networks and Lobbying in Slovenia in 1996 was to examine the changes that occurred due to the transition process in Slovenia. Highly interdisciplinary group of researchers covered social, economic and other changes in policy. The main research question was a dynamics and over time changes of...