Lobbying Uncovered? - Lobbying Registration in the European Union and the United States

"To the public s eye, lobbying is still a highly obscure trade. Lobbyists are generally perceived to work behind closed doors in order to influence legislation what really happens is unknown to the public. To make interest representatives more visible, both the European Union and the United States have developed mechanisms to register lobbyists. However, while US legislation now forces lobbyists to register and report their influential work by fixed deadlines, the EU s registration remains voluntary due to the lack of a legal basis.
This book takes the reader closer to today s concept of lobbying, especially in regard to the EU s registration mechanism. Lisa Moessing compares both the US and the EU registration systems by their technical composition, accessibility, and handling and contrasts their efficiency and effectiveness. Providing a forum for 17 lobbyists, watch dog members, and political representatives to discuss lobbying registration, this book defines starting points for improvement and emphasizes the importance of listening to those who deal with the registers in everyday practice. "

About the author

Dr. Volker Hinnenkamp ist Privatdozent am Fachbereich Deutsche Philologie der Universität Augsburg.

Prof. Dr. Gudrun Hentges lehrt Politikwissenschaft am Fachbereich Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften der Hochschule Fulda. Ihre Arbeitsschwerpunkte sind: Migration und Integration, extreme Rechte, politische Bildung.

Prof. Dr. Hans-Wolfgang Platzer, Politikwissenschaftler, Fachbereich Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften der Hochschule Fulda, lehrt und forscht im Bereich der europäischen Integration und ist Inhaber eines Jean Monnet Chair of European Integration.

Report

"Thanks to its qualitative interview approach as well as an interviewee array of influential actors, decision-makers, and lobby organizations, the book is an important research contribution to the EU s mechanism of lobbying regulation which has been fought for and debated for several years."-Hans-Wolfgang Platzer, Holder of the Jean Monnet Chair of European Integration at the University of Applied Sciences Fulda

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Moessing
• Assisted by: Gudrun Hentges (Editor), Gudrun Hentges et al (Editor), Volke Hinnenkamp (Editor), Volker Hinnenkamp (Editor), Anne Honer (Editor), Hans-Wolfgang Platzer (Editor)
• Publisher: ibidem
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2014
• EAN: 9783838206165
• ISBN: 978-3-8382-0616-5
• No. of pages: 156
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 214 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 210 g
• Series: An Interdisciplinary Series of the Centre for Intercultural and European Studies (CINTEUS); ibidem; An Interdisciplinary Series of the Centre for Intercultural and European Studies CINTEUS; An Interdisciplinary Series of the Centre for Intercultural and European Studies - CINTEUS
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education