Lobbying in the European Union: strategies, dynamics and trends
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Lobbying in Europe: Professionals, Politicians, and Institutions Under General Suspicion? -- David Against Goliath -- Successfully Influencing EU Policy-Making -- Image, Public Attention, and Credibility -- Beyond the EU: Lobbying on Foreign Policy and Trade -- Transparency, Regulation, and Participation -- A Look into the Crystal Ball of Lobbying -- References -- Part I: Theoretical and Empirical Implications -- Chapter 2: Interest Representation in the EU: An Open and Structured Dialogue? -- Introduction -- The Dialogue Procedures -- Funding -- Transparency -- Access to Documents -- The Transparency Register -- Consultation -- Expertise -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Improving Interest Group Accountability. LogFrame: A Framework for Evaluating Lobbying Campaigns -- Introduction -- Interest Group Transparency -- Toward an Industry-Wide Standard: The Logical Framework Approach (LFA) -- Results Frameworks and Theory of Change -- Interest Groups Include Campaign Groups -- LFA and IG Theory: A Solution to Interest Group Accountability -- Challenges of Evaluating Lobbying -- Evaluation Models -- LogFrame (LFA) -- Alternative Frameworks -- Interest Group Indicators of Influence -- Interest Group Theory -- Indicators of Influence -- Measuring Indicators -- A LogFrame (LFA) Advocacy Matrix -- Conclusion and Next Steps -- Problems with the LFA -- References -- Chapter 4: International Dynamics in Lobbying Regulation -- Introduction -- The Historical Development of the EU Lobbying Regulation -- Evaluating Lobbying Laws: Introducing Robustness -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: Informational Lobbying in the EU: Mechanisms of Probity, Dissembling, and Transparency -- Conditions of Dissembling and Probity in Informational Lobbying -- Constraints on Dissembling.