Lobbying in the European Union

Strategies, Dynamics and Trends
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-319-98799-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 459 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 869 g

This book sheds new light on how lobbying works in the European Union. Drawing on the first-hand professional experience of lobbyists, policymakers, and corporate and institutional stakeholders, combined with a sound academic foundation, it offers insights into successful lobbying strategies, such as how alliances are formed by interest groups in Brussels. The authors present key case studies, e.g. on the shelved EU-US trade deal Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), lobbying scandals, and the role of specific interest groups and EU Think-Tanks. Furthermore, they highlight efforts to improve transparency and ethical standards in EU decision-making, while also underscoring the benefits of lobbying in the context of decision-making.

Understanding the tools and techniques of effective lobbying, as well as the dynamics and trends in EU lobbying, will allow professionals involved in the lobbying process, such as policymakers and corporate and institutional stakeholders, to improve their performance and achieve better results when pursuing their respective interests.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richter, Margarethe

Dialer, Doris

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Europäische Union, Europa: Wirtschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Lobbying in Europe: Professionals, Politicians and Institutions under General Suspicion?.- Part I. Theoretical and Empirical Implications.- 2. Interest Representation in the EU: An open and structured dialogue?.- 3. Improving Interest Group Accountability. LogFrame: A Framework for Evaluating Lobbying Campaigns.- 4. International Dynamics in Lobbying Regulation.- 5. Informational Lobbying! Mechanisms of probity, dissembling, and transparency.- 6. Theoretical implications of the EU Funding of Advocacy Activities.- 7. Reshaping European Lobbying: How to be one step ahead?.- Part II. Influencing European Decision-Makers.- 8. Lobbyist’s Appeal and Access to Decision-Makers: Case Study European Services Forum.- 9. Reconciling logics of Organizational behavior in EU public consultations.- 10. Lobbying in the European Parliament: Who tips the scales?.- 11 Lobbying in the EU Comitology System.- 12. Lobbying EU agencies from within: advocacy groups in Frontex Consultative Forum on fundamental rights.- 13. European Regions and their Interests.- Part III. Artists of Advocacy and Political Persuasion.- 14. Lobbying for “Big Food” - Mondelez International in Brussels.- 15. Lobbying and Economic Diplomacy in China.- 16 “Solidar” - NGO Advocacy for Social Justice in Europe.- 17. The European Consumer Organization. Pioneers in Advocacy and Lobbying.- 18. Promoting Ukrainian EU Interests: Partners, Donors and Stakeholders?.- Part IV. Scandals, Ethics and Transparency.- 19. The European Ombudsman: promoting a transparent and ethical EU administration.- 20. The European Union’s Revolving Door Problem.- 21. Getting past the Lobby. The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU).- 22. Legal and Ethical Rules in EU Decision-Making: “Soft Law” for Targets and Actors of Lobbying.- 23. Navigating the grey zones of third party lobbying via nonprofits: Transparify’s experiences with think tanks and fake news.- Part V. Trade Agreements and Interest Representation.- 24. Outside Lobbying and the Politicization of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.- 25. Shaping globalization: EU trade policy and the role of US business.- 26. The Representation of SME interests in the TTIP negotiations: A German case study.- 27. TTIP negotiations: interest groups, Anti-TTIP civil society campaigns and public opinion.- 28. Business Lobbying in international investment policy-making in Europe.- Part VI Trends and Perspectives.- 29. British Interest Representation in the EU after Brexit.- 30. Shaping Lobbying Impact. How everything from seating arrangements to natural disasters makes a difference.- 31. Lobbying and Interest Group Influence in EU Foreign Policy.- 32. Silicon Valley meets Brussels. ICT Lobbying on the fast lane.- 33. EU Think Tanks Lobbying Strategies. Why is their expertise more important than ever?

Über Autor(innen)

Doris Dialer is Associate Professor at the University of Innsbruck’s Department of Political Science and at the Danube University Krems, Department of Knowledge and Communication Management. She is Brussels-based and has been working as political advisor in the European Parliament for more than 12 years. Much of her research focuses on the EU Parliament, the Committee of the Regions, the Economic and Social Committee, EU Lobbying and EU Development Policy. She is board member of the Jean Monnet Chair on European integration & ethics (MCI Innsbruck), co-editor of the book series IUP/NOMOS and the IFIR working papers.

Margarethe Richter, an economic geographer by education, is currently head of office and political adviser to a Member of the European Parliament for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the interparliamentary delegations with the Mashreq countries, Iraq and the Arab Peninsula. All in all, she can look back on almost 18 years of professional experience in Brussels, both within and outside the EU institutions. Besides her work in the European Parliament, she has held seminars at private universities on lobbying and the legislative process at European level and published several articles around these issues. She is also co-author of the first German-language handbook on the European Parliament and co-editor of an edited volume (also in German) on lobbying in the EU.