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.

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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