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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781803003321

Autore

Mahoney Christine

Titolo

Brussels Versus the Beltway [[electronic resource] ] : Advocacy in the United States and the European Union / / Christine Mahoney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Georgetown University Press, c2008

ISBN

1-58901-282-8

1-4356-4989-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

American governance and public policy

Disciplina

324/.40973

Soggetti

Policy networks - European Union countries

Policy networks - United States

Lobbying - European Union countries

Lobbying - United States

Pressure groups - European Union countries

Pressure groups - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-250) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The U.S. and EU political systems -- Explaining advocacy -- Researching advocacy -- Lobbying positions -- Argumentation -- Lobbying targets -- Inside lobbying tactics -- Outside lobbying tactics -- Networking and coalitions -- Lobbying success.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the first large-scale study of lobbying strategies and outcomes in the United States and the European Union, two of the most powerful political systems in the world. Every day, tens of thousands of lobbyists in Washington and Brussels are working to protect and promote their interests in the policymaking process. Policies emanating from these two spheres have global impactsùthey set global standards, they influence global markets, and they determine global politics. Armed with extensive new data, Christine Mahoney challenges the conventional stereotypes that attribute any di