Christian Lahusen

European Lobbying

An Occupational Field between Professionalism and Activism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9781032360201
• ISBN-10: 1032360208
• Artikelnr.: 67263634

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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