Heike Kluver

Lobbying in the European Union: Interest Groups, Lobbying Coalitions, and Policy Change

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Thousands of lobbyists lobby decision-makers in Brussels every day, but little is known about their impact on policy. Lobbying in the European Union addresses this research gap and analyzes the conditions under which interest groups can successfully lobby the European institutions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 264mm x 156mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9780199657445
• ISBN-10: 0199657440
• Artikelnr.: 36722233

Autorenporträt

Heike Klüver, before going to Konstanz, was working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science and International Relations and Nuffield College at the University of Oxford. She received her PhD from the University of Mannheim and her research focuses on interest groups, political parties, and legislative politics in Europe. She is Junior Professor at the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: Lobbying in Coalitions
* 2: How to Measure Interest Group Influence
* 3: Mapping European Union lobbying
* 4: Policy Debates, Interest Groups, and the Structure of Conflict
* 5: The Policy Formulation Stage: Interest Groups and the European
Commission
* 6: The Decision-Making Stage: Bringing the Council and the European
Parliament in
* 7: Conclusions and Implications: Interest Groups, European Politics,
and Democracy
* Bibliography
* Appendix 1: Association Questionnaire
* Appendix 2: Company Questionnaire