European Lobbying - An Occupational Field Between Professionalism and Activism

Drawing on interview and survey data, this book provides a systematic look at the lobbyists active in influencing policy-making in the European Union, asking whether we are witnessing the emergence of an integrated occupational field and considering implications of this process of professionalisation for the representation of interests.

List of contents

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 Lobbyists in the crosshairs of research: evidence, assumptions, and data
3 The genesis of the field of work: internal views
4 The lobbying staff: structures, profiles, self-images
5 The occupationalisation of lobbying: the constitution of a specialised labour market
6 The professionalisation of lobbying: the constitution of specialised knowledge
7 The legitimacy of European lobbying: divisions and conflicts of a political field
8 European lobbying: findings and implications
References
Index

About the author

Christian Lahusen is Professor of Sociology at the University of Siegen, Germany. He is the author of Political Attitudes of Divided European Citizens and the co-author of Solidarity in the Media and Public Contention over Refugees in Europe and Young People and Long-Term Unemployment.

Summary

Drawing on interview and survey data, this book provides a systematic look at the lobbyists active in influencing policy-making in the European Union, asking whether we are witnessing the emergence of an integrated occupational field and considering implications of this process of professionalisation for the representation of interests.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Lahusen, Christian (University of Siegen Lahusen, Lahusen Christian
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.02.2023
• EAN: 9781032360201
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3236020-1
• No. of pages: 318
• Series: Routledge Studies in Political Sociology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Society & culture: general, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political structure & processes, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Sociology: work & labour, Society and culture: general, Political structure and processes, Sociology: work and labour