Introduction

Steve John

Chapter 1 in The Persuaders, 2002, pp 1-23 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Are the lives of professional lobbyists pointless? Many journalists, politicians and political commentators would answer in the affirmative. Assessing the effect of lobbyists is controversial, and the current debate shows a wide variation in judgements about the efficacy of lobbyists. Do lobbyists advance special interests over the collective interest? Who is right: the critics who deplore the activity of lobbyists, assuming their effectiveness, or those who dismiss their effect? This book will explain when lobbyists matter and when they do not.

Keywords: Interest Group; Civil Servant; Policy Process; Select Committee; Membership Organisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1057/9781403907417_1

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