Lobbying in the European Community
Published on 3. June 1993
Book
Hardback
278 pages
978-0-19-827789-7 (ISBN)
Description
Nuffield European Studies
Series editors: Joachim Jens Hesse and Vincent Wright
This series provides students and teachers in the social sciences and related disciplines with interdisciplinary and comparative works dealing with significant political, economic, legal, and social problems confronting European nation-states and the European Community. It will comprise both research monographs and the edited proceedings of conferences organized by the Centre for European Studies at Nuffield College, Oxford.
The role of interest groups in the formulation of EC policy is a central aspect of the development of the European Community. This book is unique in providing both an academic analysis of the system and an insider's view of how lobbying actually works.
The first part examines the consequences of the increasing transference of power to Brussels in terms of the EC policy process, the activities of the Commission of the EC as an `adolescent' bureaucracy, and the behaviour of interest associations at national and European level. Subsequent chapters look in detail at the wide range of interest groups involved in lobbying, including business, industry, the financial sector, and voluntary organizations.
The combination of contributions from academic specialists and practitioners, including Commission officials and interest group leaders, will make this book uniquely interesting as a study of a key area of the evolving European policy process.
Contributors: Lynn Collie, Martin Donnelly, Dick Eberlie, Wyn Grant, Brian Harvey, Robert Hull, Grant Jordan, Jeffrey Knight, Andrew McLaughlin, James Mitchell, Jean-Pierre Peckstadt, Jane Sargent
Series editors: Joachim Jens Hesse and Vincent Wright
This series provides students and teachers in the social sciences and related disciplines with interdisciplinary and comparative works dealing with significant political, economic, legal, and social problems confronting European nation-states and the European Community. It will comprise both research monographs and the edited proceedings of conferences organized by the Centre for European Studies at Nuffield College, Oxford.
The role of interest groups in the formulation of EC policy is a central aspect of the development of the European Community. This book is unique in providing both an academic analysis of the system and an insider's view of how lobbying actually works.
The first part examines the consequences of the increasing transference of power to Brussels in terms of the EC policy process, the activities of the Commission of the EC as an `adolescent' bureaucracy, and the behaviour of interest associations at national and European level. Subsequent chapters look in detail at the wide range of interest groups involved in lobbying, including business, industry, the financial sector, and voluntary organizations.
The combination of contributions from academic specialists and practitioners, including Commission officials and interest group leaders, will make this book uniquely interesting as a study of a key area of the evolving European policy process.
Contributors: Lynn Collie, Martin Donnelly, Dick Eberlie, Wyn Grant, Brian Harvey, Robert Hull, Grant Jordan, Jeffrey Knight, Andrew McLaughlin, James Mitchell, Jean-Pierre Peckstadt, Jane Sargent
Reviews / Votes
`The particular value of this book is that it combines academic analysis of the system with the views of insiders on how the lobbying process actually works ... This book is an excellent introduction to the subject.'International Corporate Law 'highly informative volume ... one of the study's successful qualities is its mix of theoretical and practical insight and expertise'
Martin Westlake, Political Studies, (1994), XLII `highly informative volume'
Martin Westlake, Political Studies `The book as a whole is outstanding and unusual for its coherence as an edited collection ... The book is to be recommended for purchase.'
Justin Greenwood, Political Studies `highly informative volume ... one of the study's successful qualities in its mix of theoretical and practical insight and expertise'
Political Studies `Up-to-date information on interest group development and behaviour at European Community level is sorely lacking. As such, this edited volume successfully fills a large gap in the literature ... as a source of information on interest intermediation in Community policy-making, this volume is invaluable.'
West European Politics `this edited volume successfully fills a large gap in the literature ... as a source of information on interest intermediation in Community policy-making, this volume is invaluable'
West European Politics This collection provides a useful and interesting introduction to what is potentially a fascinating subject. * Local Government Studies *
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
529 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-827789-7 (9780198277897)
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Editor
Fellow of Churchill College and University LecturerFellow of Churchill College and University Lecturer, Department of Social and Political Science, University of Cambridge
Professor of European Integration and Director of the European Public Policy InstituteProfessor of European Integration and Director of the European Public Policy Institute, University of Warwick
Content
Part 1 The European lobbying process: introduction - transference of power, decision rules and rules of the game, S. Mazey and J. Richardson; pressure groups and the EC - an overview, W. Grant; the role of the National Civil Service and European lobbying - the British case, D. Spence; the structure of the European Commission and the policy formation process, M. Donnelly. part 2 Sectoral Studies: Europe of the regions? territorial interests and European integration - the Scottish experience, S. Mazey and J. Mitchell; the rationality of lobbying in Europe - why are Euro-groups so numerous and so weak? some evidence from the car industry, A. McLaughlin and G. Jordan; groups and the process of European integration - the work of the federation of stock exchanges in the European Community, J. Knight et al; defending and promoting a sectoral interest within the European Community - the case of the textile polyolefins industry, J.P. Peckstadt et al; lobbying in Europe - the experience of voluntary organizations, B. Harvey; the confederation of British industry and policy-making in the European Community, R. Eberlie; business lobbying in the European Community - the union of industrial and employers' confederations of Europe, L. Collie; the corporate benefits of lobbying - the British case and its relevance to the European Community, J. Sargent; conclusion - a European policy style?, S. Mazey and J. Richardson.