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Information and the legislative process in the European Union. [PDF]

This paper presents spatial models of policy making in the European Union and focuses on informational asymmetries and interest group lobbying. It determines optimal lobbying strategies under the EU's three principal legislative procedures: the ...
Crombez, Christophe
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Aquafed - another pressure group for private water [PDF]

, 2006
An analysis of the new private water lobby group, Aquafed, and the other forms of lobbying and pressure used by the private water ...
Hall, David, Hoedeman, Olivier
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Power Relations in the Preparation of the Nondiscrimination Act: The Controversial Issue of Supervising Discrimination in Working Life

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the context of Europeanisation and neo‐corporatism, we examine the lengthy process of revising the Nondiscrimination Act in Finland, spanning from 2007 to 2023. The focus is on the mandate of the Nondiscrimination Ombudsman in the workplace and on explaining the sudden policy change of strengthening it after a prolonged standstill.
Laura Jauhola, Kati Rantala
wiley   +1 more source

On the Welfare Consequences of Political Activity [PDF]

When economic actors are also allowed to become politically active, perhaps to influence a government price policy, they face decision problems with essentially simultaneous political and economic features.
Coggins, Jay S.
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Guns and Roses: Advocacy in an Emerging Democracy [PDF]

, 2009
Draws on campaigns for gun control and same-sex marriage in South Africa to offer a framework for effective advocacy. Discusses defining issues and goals, research, strategic partnerships, mobilizing, working with the media, lobbying, and other ...
Janet Shapiro, Marian Nell
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On the Applicability of the Advocacy Coalition Framework for Analyzing EU Policy Processes

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Initially developed for the US context, the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) is increasingly used to analyze policy processes in the EU. But policymaking in EU differs from the US context, why the applicability of ACF in the EU context should be scrutinized.
Fredrik von Malmborg
wiley   +1 more source

Regulating more? Comparing Ireland’s original and amended lobbying legislation

Administration
This paper compares the amendments introduced by the Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 with the original regulations of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015.
Hogan John
doaj   +1 more source

The Politics of Growth: Can Lobbying Raise Growth and Welfare? [PDF]

This paper aims at analyzing the eects of lobbying over economic growth and primarily welfare. We model explicitly the interaction be- tween policy-makers and rms in a setup where the latter undertakes political contributions to the former in exchange ...
Julio, Paulo
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How Changing Narratives About the Future Shape Policymaking for the Long Term

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How can we explain decisions by governments to engage in policy investments—accepting short‐term costs in return for anticipated gains in the longer term—after previously sustaining the status quo? Our article examines the role of narratives in changing expectations about the future as a key driver of intertemporal policymaking. In light of an
Pieter Tuytens, Charlotte Haberstroh
wiley   +1 more source

Price-Capping regulation as a protectionist strategy in developing countries [PDF]

In developing countries undergoing liberalising reforms, there are typically local incumbents facing the loss of protection. Strategic lobbying by such firms for a price-capping regulatory regime can deter entry.
Arijit Mukherjee, Lawrence, Peter
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