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Pandemic policies have been the focus of fierce lobbying
competition by different social and economic interests. In Viral
Lobbying a team of expert authors from across the social and
natural sciences analyse patterns in and implications of this
'viral lobbying'. Based on elite surveys and focus group interviews
with selected groups, the book provides new evidence on the
lobbying strategies used during the COVID 19 pandemic, as well as
the resulting access to and lobbying influence on public policy.
The empirical analyses reach across eight European countries
(Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands,
Sweden, United Kingdom), as well as the EU-level. In particular,
the book draws on responses from approximately 1,600 interest
organisations in two waves of a cross-country survey (in 2020 and
2021, respectively). This quantitative data is supplemented by
qualitative evidence from a series of 12 focus groups with
organised interests in Ireland, Denmark and the Netherlands
conducted in spring 2021.
Pandemic policies have been the focus of fierce lobbying
competition by different social and economic interests. In Viral
Lobbying a team of expert authors from across the social and
natural sciences analyse patterns in and implications of this
'viral lobbying'. Based on elite surveys and focus group interviews
with selected groups, the book provides new evidence on the
lobbying strategies used during the COVID 19 pandemic, as well as
the resulting access to and lobbying influence on public policy.
The empirical analyses reach across eight European countries
(Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands,
Sweden, United Kingdom), as well as the EU-level. In particular,
the book draws on responses from approximately 1,600 interest
organisations in two waves of a cross-country survey (in 2020 and
2021, respectively). This quantitative data is supplemented by
qualitative evidence from a series of 12 focus groups with
organised interests in Ireland, Denmark and the Netherlands
conducted in spring 2021.
Governments worldwide are developing sunshine policies that
increase transparency in politics, where a key initiative is
regulating lobbyists. Building on the pioneering first edition,
this book updates its examination of all jurisdictions with
regulations, from the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and
Australia. Unlike any book, it offers unique insights into how the
regulations compare and contrast against each other, offering a
revamped theoretical classification of different regulatory
environments and situating each political system therein. This
edition innovatively considers different measurements to capture
the robustness of lobbying laws in terms of promoting transparency
and accountability. And, based on the authors' experience of
advising governments globally, it closes with a no-nonsense guide
on how to make a lobbying law. This is of value to policymakers
seeking to introduce or amend regulations, and lobbyists seeking to
influence this process. -- .
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