Read more
Informationen zum Autor Raj Chari is Senior Lecturer in Political Science in the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy at Trinity College DublinJohn Hogan is Lecturer in Political Economy at the Dublin Institute of TechnologyGary Murphy is Associate Professor of Government in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University Klappentext In an age of sleaze, scandal and corruption associated with financial crisis and economic downturn across the globe, citizens want more transparency and accountability in politics. This pioneering book, available for the first time in paperback, examines a principal means by which this can be achieved: the regulation of lobbyists. Zusammenfassung In an age of sleaze! scandal and corruption associated with financial crisis and economic downturn across the globe! citizens want more transparency and accountability in politics. This pioneering book! available for the first time in paperback! examines a principal means by which this can be achieved: the regulation of lobbyists. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tablesList of figuresAcknowledgements 1. Outlining central questions and method of analysis2. Political systems with regulations in place in the 1900s: the US, Canada, the EU and Germany3. Political systems with regulations in place in the 2000s: Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Taiwan and Australia4. Analysis of a quantitative index and classifying regulatory regimes5. Examining findings from surveys and elite interviews in the four political systems with the longest history of lobbying regulation6. Examining the opinions of actors in unregulated jurisdictions7. ConclusionBibliographyAppendix A - Sample calculations of CPI scoresAppendix B - Sample of surveys sentIndex
