LOBBYING and PUBLIC AFFAIRS.EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.A RESEARCH PROJECT

Lobbying in Europe. A research project on Public Affairs and the Lobbying industry in EU countries.
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What is Lobbying in Europe?

Lobbying in Europe is a research project, aiming to provide a clear, systematic and up-to-date picture of the vast and dynamic industry of lobbying and public affairs in Europe, not only at EU level, but specifically in each of the 28 EU Member States. The first product of the project is the book Lobbying in Europe. Public Affairs and the Lobbying Industry in 28 EU Countries (Palgrave Macmillan 2017).
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THE BOOK. Table of Contents
THE PEOPLE. Editors and Contributors
Countries
Contributors
Meetings, emails and coffees

A benchmark publication

Lobbying in Europe (Palgrave Macmillan 2017) is a benchmark publication for students, researchers, practitioners, regulators and all those studying or working in the field of Lobbying, Public Affairs, Communication, Business and Politics in or with EU countries.
Understand
Study the institutional, political, cultural, socio-economic and legal variables involved in any lobbying activity.
Compare
Find out differences and similarities between European countries. Learn from the experiences of others.
Shape policy
Shape policies according to your goals, aware of all the variables in play in your specific environment.

Leading Coordinators

Meet the coordinators of the project.
Alberto Bitonti
Alberto Bitonti

IES Abroad Rome (Italy)

PhD. Professor of Politics. #civictech #opengov #PoliticalTheory #Machiavelli

Phil Harris
Phil Harris

University of Chester (UK)

Executive Director, Business Research Institute. #marketing #PublicAffairs #Machiavelli

Excerpts from the book, News, Opinions...

If you are interested in lobbying, public affairs and interest group politics in European countries, this is the place for you. In the section below you find some excertps from our book Lobbying in Europe, updates, opinions and various posts authored by qualified experts participating to our project.
Seminar in Riga on the regulation of lobbying with Latvian President
On June 9 (2017), an important seminar took place at Riga Castle, residency of the President of the Republic of…
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Lobbying in Europe presented in Brussels
On May 30 (2017) Lobbying in Europe will be presented in Brussels. The event, co-organized by the Institut de Recherche…
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Lobbying in Europe presented at the Italian Chamber of Deputies
On Thursday, April 20 (2017), our volume Lobbying in Europe has been presented at the Italian Chamber of Deputies. The…
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The SAGE Handbook of International Corporate and Public Affairs is out!
This new edition of The SAGE Handbook of International Corporate and Public Affairs builds on the success of the first…
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Scandals: Money and Access in UK
by Conor McGrath "Throughout its history, lobbying in the UK has suffered from reputational (mis)perceptions, and failed to achieve widespread…
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Slovenia: parliamentarism with a neo-corporatist flavour
by Danica Fink-Hafner "The institutional opportunity structure for lobbying in Slovenia is not only determined by parliamentary  constitutional choice and…
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    What they say about Lobbying in Europe

    "Professors Bitonti and Harris have produced a timely, relevant work for anyone interested in the actual practice and effectiveness of lobbying in Europe.  As Europe moves ever so gradually toward Brussels and the EU as the center of policy and regulations, so to must corporations and other interests learn to simultaneously carry out lobbying in the home country and in Brussels.  It is a balancing act that requires skill and timing--and this work delivers on both."
    John Mahon
    "Bitonti and Harris have produced an impressive tome on the dark arts of how businesses and NGO should seek political influence. No self respecting public affairs practitioner should be without this impressive, and thoroughly comprehensive, text surveying lobbying across all of the EU"
    Paul Baines

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