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View article: How do policy-makers engage with lobbying registers? Evidence from Ireland and France
How do policy-makers engage with lobbying registers? Evidence from Ireland and France Open
Lobbying registers are publicly searchable interfaces that publish information on the lobbying landscape. An emerging body of research has explored how lobbyists strategically consume lobbying register data to inform their advocacy. Howeve…
View article: Politically Connected Firms: Trade, Competition and Rent‐Seeking
Politically Connected Firms: Trade, Competition and Rent‐Seeking Open
This paper examines how companies respond to global economic shocks by seeking political connections. Using company‐level data, the study explores how exposure to increased trade competition—specifically, rising Chinese imports—affects U.S…
View article: Gender representation and lobbying in the European Union
Gender representation and lobbying in the European Union Open
Gender equality in political representation is a cornerstone of contemporary democracies. Although much scholarly attention has been devoted to understanding gender inequality in government, less is known about gender representation within…
View article: Simulating lobbying: A problem based learning approach to teaching interest groups
Simulating lobbying: A problem based learning approach to teaching interest groups Open
Programmes teaching public policy and administration (PPA) increasingly include dedicated modules or courses on interest groups (aka public affairs, aka government affairs aka lobbying). Despite its journalistic familiarity, the topic of l…
View article: Introduction: Lobbying and public policy
Introduction: Lobbying and public policy Open
In this chapter, we outline the aim, scope, and analytic tools for the Handbook on Lobbying and Public Policy. We argue that lobbyists' impact on public policy is profound and complex. Appreciating this interaction requires a nuanced appro…
View article: Institutional Transformations of Global Governance – Key Challenges for International Organisations
Institutional Transformations of Global Governance – Key Challenges for International Organisations Open
This article examines the evolving institutional challenges of global governance by analyzing four key sectors: trade, security, environment, and finance. Recent transformations have increased their complexity and fragmentation in these se…
View article: Explaining Transformative Change in ASEAN and EU Climate Policy
Explaining Transformative Change in ASEAN and EU Climate Policy Open
The Paris Agreement embodies a flexible approach to global cooperation, aimed at encouraging ever more ambitious climate action by a variety of players on all levels of governance. Regional organizations play an important role in mobilizin…
View article: Regulating government affairs: Integrating lobbying research and policy concerns
Regulating government affairs: Integrating lobbying research and policy concerns Open
Lobbying has never been as sophisticated, complex, and well‐funded as it is today. Significantly, interest group strategies are more advanced than the regulatory practices meant to contain them. This raises concerns about states' ability t…
View article: Trends in global governance and future scenarios 2030: GLOBE report
Trends in global governance and future scenarios 2030: GLOBE report Open
Nowadays, in many sectors, the importance of the global dimension as a key arena for multi-
View article: Lobbying the executive branch: Unpacking access to political heads, political advisers, and civil servants
Lobbying the executive branch: Unpacking access to political heads, political advisers, and civil servants Open
This article systematically examines how access of business groups and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to the executive branch of the European Union varies across political heads, civil servants, and an understudied yet critical inter…
View article: On David Coen, Alexander Katsaitis and Matia Vannoni’s Business Lobbying in the European Union, Oxford University Press, 2021
On David Coen, Alexander Katsaitis and Matia Vannoni’s Business Lobbying in the European Union, Oxford University Press, 2021 Open
This study highlights the distinct nature of EU business lobbying. Studying such an immense and fast-evolving relationship between business and the EU is a never-ending story. We point to future directions that we believe offer fruitful an…
View article: Making global public policy work: A survey of international organization effectiveness
Making global public policy work: A survey of international organization effectiveness Open
Do international organizations (IOs) actually help address global problems? This question is of major concern for global governance scholars and policy makers, yet few existing studies review issues of effectiveness across a range of diffe…
View article: Explaining transformative change in EU climate policy: multilevel problems, policies, and politics
Explaining transformative change in EU climate policy: multilevel problems, policies, and politics Open
The EU's ambition to lead in global climate governance has shaped its engagement with the UNFCCC regime and informed a vast body of regulatory instruments. However, EU climate policy outcomes have not always matched aspirations. We explore…
View article: Hedging Bets; British Business Lobbying in the European Union <scp>post‐Brexit</scp>
Hedging Bets; British Business Lobbying in the European Union <span>post‐Brexit</span> Open
In Brexit's aftermath, appreciating how UK business will interact with Brussels is vital to understanding the mechanics of future economic and trade relations. Drawing from work on corporate political activity, the article outlines changes…
View article: Are corporate climate efforts genuine? An empirical analysis of the climate ‘talk–walk’ hypothesis
Are corporate climate efforts genuine? An empirical analysis of the climate ‘talk–walk’ hypothesis Open
This study conducts machine‐aided textual analysis on 725 corporate sustainability reports and empirically tests whether climate ‘talk’ within the sampled reports translates into performance ‘walk’, proxied by changes in greenhouse gas emi…
View article: Lobbying Brexit Negotiations: Who Lobbies Michel Barnier?
Lobbying Brexit Negotiations: Who Lobbies Michel Barnier? Open
Interest groups have a vital role in international negotiations and carry the potential to influence their outcome. This article contributes to discussions surrounding Brexit and institutional change in the EU, focusing on Article 50 negot…
View article: Deliberative layering: Explaining diverse interest mobilization across the European Parliament's <scp>Policy Cycle</scp>
Deliberative layering: Explaining diverse interest mobilization across the European Parliament's <span>Policy Cycle</span> Open
Drawing from work on deliberation and information‐access, this paper conceptually frames why and when different types of interests mobilize across the parliamentary policy cycle. We posit that each policy stage holds its own deliberative p…
View article: The logic of regulatory venue shopping: A firm’s perspective
The logic of regulatory venue shopping: A firm’s perspective Open
Drawing on an original and unique survey data set of 243 medium- and big-sized firms operating in five sectors (energy, telecommunications, railways, airlines and postal services) and across 29 European countries, we analyse what incentivi…
View article: Multilevel regulatory governance: Establishing bank-regulator relationships at the European Banking Authority
Multilevel regulatory governance: Establishing bank-regulator relationships at the European Banking Authority Open
Following the financial crisis the EU strengthened its institutional apparatus for bank regulation, creating a trio of sectoral bodies including the European Banking Authority (EBA). Various aspects of this new system have been studied, bu…
View article: Where Are the Revolving Doors in Brussels? Sector Switching and Career Progression in EU Business–Government Affairs
Where Are the Revolving Doors in Brussels? Sector Switching and Career Progression in EU Business–Government Affairs Open
By applying event history analysis to a unique large sample of more than 300 government affairs managers working for companies active in the European Union (EU), this article investigates whether managers with work experience in the public…
View article: Legislative Efficiency and Political Inclusiveness: The Effect of Procedures on Interest Group Mobilization in the European Parliament
Legislative Efficiency and Political Inclusiveness: The Effect of Procedures on Interest Group Mobilization in the European Parliament Open
This paper contributes to discussions surrounding interest group representation in the European Parliament. Drawing from conceptualizations of legitimacy, and theoretical work on information-access we argue that different procedures bestow…
View article: Between cheap talk and epistocracy: The logic of interest group access in the European Parliament's committee hearings
Between cheap talk and epistocracy: The logic of interest group access in the European Parliament's committee hearings Open
Improving policy deliberation is a central objective for the European Union's institutions. Focusing on the European Parliament's committee hearings as an understudied area of European governance, we aim to understand their role, and their…
View article: Towards a Third Generation of Global Governance Scholarship
Towards a Third Generation of Global Governance Scholarship Open
Global governance is widely viewed as in crisis. Deepening interdependence of cross‐border activity belies the relative absence of governance mechanisms capable of effectively tackling major global policy challenges. Scholars have an impor…
View article: The Strategic Management of Government Affairs in Brussels
The Strategic Management of Government Affairs in Brussels Open
This article explores the strategic management of government affairs in companies active in the EU. The article relies on a unique large- N dataset on the functioning and staffing of EU government affairs. The analysis shows that companies…
View article: Introduction: Situating Global Governance Scholarship
Introduction: Situating Global Governance Scholarship Open
This is the substantive introductory chapter to a Routledge Major Works Series Collection on Global Governance. The purpose of this Major Works Series is to take stock of recent rapid developments in scholarship on what we understand as ‘g…
View article: Parliamentary procedures & interest group mobilization : evidence from the European Parliament's committees
Parliamentary procedures & interest group mobilization : evidence from the European Parliament's committees Open
This paper contributes to discussions surrounding interest group representation in the European Parliament (EP). Different types of procedures effect committees’ demands for legitimacy, impacting the balance of private and public interests…
View article: Sliding doors in Brussels: A career path analysis of EU affairs managers
Sliding doors in Brussels: A career path analysis of EU affairs managers Open
This article investigates the revolving doors phenomenon in the European Union (EU). It proposes a management approach that treats this phenomenon as a form of corporate political activity through which companies try to gain access to deci…