02864oam 22006494a 450 991078180300332120210106200626.01-58901-282-81-4356-4989-3(CKB)1000000000488754(EBL)547808(OCoLC)648711580(SSID)ssj0000115334(PQKBManifestationID)11143200(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115334(PQKBWorkID)10009156(PQKB)10125127(OCoLC)471131301(MdBmJHUP)muse3241(MiAaPQ)EBC547808(EXLCZ)99100000000048875420070810d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBrussels Versus the Beltway[electronic resource] Advocacy in the United States and the European Union /Christine MahoneyWashington, DC Georgetown University Pressc20081 online resource (273 p.)American governance and public policyDescription based upon print version of record.1-58901-203-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-250) and index.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.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 diPolicy networksEuropean Union countriesPolicy networksUnited StatesLobbyingEuropean Union countriesLobbyingUnited StatesPressure groupsEuropean Union countriesPressure groupsUnited StatesElectronic books. Policy networksPolicy networksLobbyingLobbyingPressure groupsPressure groups324/.40973Mahoney Christine1579510MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910781803003321Brussels Versus the Beltway3859674UNINA