Lobbyists and Bureaucrats in Brussels: Capitalism's Brokers

ISBN-13: 9780367886240 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 224 str.

Sylvain Laurens

Opis

This book offers an unprecedented window into the everyday relationships between bureaucrats and interest representatives.

Spis treści

Introduction: Beyond Media Portrayals of Lobbying  1. Entanglement: A New Administration in Search of Economic Interlocutors (1958-1980)  2. 1970–010: How Brussels Became Crucial to the Private Sector  3. Lobbying: Harnessing Bureaucratic Resources as a Weapon for Business  4. Routine Lobbying: The Personal Appropriation of Administrative Knowledge  5. Containing the Political and Depoliticisation: Behind the Closed Doors of the Administration  6. Serving the Scientific Standardisation of Markets: The Technical Extension of Commercial Wars  7. Expertise in the Service of Business: Lobbying and the European Chemicals Agency  Conclusion

O autorze

Sylvain Laurens is a Maître de Conférences (senior lecturer) at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France, where he hosts a seminar series on the ‘Sociology of Elites’.