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.

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, Lahusen Christian, Christian (University of Siegen Lahusen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 16.02.2023
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education
• EAN: 9781032360201
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3236020-1
• Pages: 318
• Series: Routledge Studies in Political Sociology
• Subjects: 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, interest group research, sociological analysis, EU governance networks, professionalisation of advocacy, policy influence studies, lobbying career pathways in Europe, occupational field theory