European Lobbying: Changing Politics, Economics, and Journalistic Practices of the Legacy Newspaper Press'

ISBN-13: 9781032360201 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 344 str.

Christian Lahusen

Opis

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.

Lobbying is an integral part of the political reality of the European Union and a highly competitive and dynamic field of interest groups. This book takes a systematic look at lobbyists in order to broaden our understanding of the staff entrusted with the responsibility of influencing European politics. Who are the European lobbyists? What are their professional backgrounds, career patterns, practices, and beliefs? The study uses a sociological framework to explore the professionalisation and professionalism of the field across national proveniences, policy fields and interest groups, and develops a systematic analysis that considers three different dimensions: occupational patterns, shared knowledge and common convictions. Based on original research that combines in- depth interviews with survey data, European Lobbying demonstrates that European lobbying is a firmly established and highly professionalised métier. In an organisational field characterised by growth, pluralisation and increasing competition, the professional staff contributes to the homogenisation of European lobbying and the marginalisation of other, non- professionalised forms of interest representation. It will therefore appeal to scholars and students of sociology and politics with interest in European studies, European Union politics and the sociology of the professions.

 

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license

 

 

 

O autorze

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.