Regulating Lobbying: A Global Comparison, 2nd Edition (European Politics) - Softcover

Chari, Raj; Hogan, John; Murphy, Gary; Crepaz, Michele

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1526117258 ISBN 13: 9781526117250

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2019

Synopsis

Governments worldwide are developing sunshine policies that increase transparency in politics, where a key initiative is regulating lobbyists. Building on the pioneering first edition, this book updates its examination of all jurisdictions with regulations, from the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Australia. Unlike any book, it offers unique insights into how the regulations compare and contrast against each other, offering a revamped theoretical classification of different regulatory environments and situating each political system therein. This edition innovatively considers different measurements to capture the robustness of lobbying laws in terms of promoting transparency and accountability. And, based on the authors’ experience of advising governments globally, it closes with a no-nonsense guide on how to make a lobbying law. This is of value to policymakers seeking to introduce or amend regulations, and lobbyists seeking to influence this process. -- .

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About the Authors

Raj Chari is Senior Lecturer in Political Science in the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin

John Hogan is Lecturer in Political Economy at the Dublin Institute of Technology

Gary Murphy is Associate Professor of Government in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University

From the Back Cover

Across the globe, governments are developing policies that increase transparency and accountability in politics. A key initiative of this is the regulation of lobbying. Building on the landmark first edition, Regulating lobbying updates its examination of all jurisdictions with lobbying regulations, from the Americas to Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia. It provides unique insights into how the regulations compare and contrast with one another, and offers an up-to-date theoretical classification of different regulatory environments.

The book comprehensively examines jurisdictions worldwide and investigates whether some measurements of the robustness of lobbying laws are more valid and reliable than others. This second edition covers more countries than its predecessor, and draws on the authors' experience of advising governments in order to provide a no-nonsense guide on how to make or amend a lobbying law.

This book will appeal to an academic readership, to those teaching courses on lobbying and regulatory politics and to those researching in the field. It will also be of great interest to practitioners, including legislators, civil servants and lobbyists themselves.

From the Inside Flap

Across the globe, governments are developing policies that increase transparency and accountability in politics. A key initiative of this is the regulation of lobbying. Building on the landmark first edition, Regulating lobbying updates its examination of all jurisdictions with lobbying regulations, from the Americas to Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia. It provides unique insights into how the regulations compare and contrast with one another, and offers an up-to-date theoretical classification of different regulatory environments. The book comprehensively examines jurisdictions worldwide and investigates whether some measurements of the robustness of lobbying laws are more valid and reliable than others. This second edition covers more countries than its predecessor, and draws on the authors experience of advising governments in order to provide a no-nonsense guide on how to make or amend a lobbying law. This book will appeal to an academic readership, to those teaching courses on lobbying and regulatory politics and to those researching in the field. It will also be of great interest to practitioners, including legislators, civil servants and lobbyists themselves.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1526117258
• ISBN 13: 9781526117250
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256