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dc.contributor.authorLahusen, Christian
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-09T14:49:30Z
dc.date.available2023-02-09T14:49:30Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/61218
dc.description.abstractLobbying is an integral part of the political reality of the European Union and a highly competitive and dynamic field of interest groups. This book takes a systematic look at lobbyists in order to broaden our understanding of the staff entrusted with the responsibility of influencing European politics. Who are the European lobbyists? What are their professional backgrounds, career patterns, practices, and beliefs? The study uses a sociological framework to explore the professionalisation and professionalism of the field across national proveniences, policy fields and interest groups, and develops a systematic analysis that considers three different dimensions: occupational patterns, shared knowledge and common convictions. Based on original research that combines in- depth interviews with survey data, European Lobbying demonstrates that European lobbying is a firmly established and highly professionalised métier. In an organisational field characterised by growth, pluralisation and increasing competition, the professional staff contributes to the homogenisation of European lobbying and the marginalisation of other, non- professionalised forms of interest representation. It will therefore appeal to scholars and students of sociology and politics with interest in European studies, European Union politics and the sociology of the professions.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRoutledge Studies in Political Sociologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.othercareers;EU;European Union;interest groups;interviews;lobbying;lobbyists;occupational field;political sociology;politics;professional;professionalisation;representation;sociology;survey dataen_US
dc.titleEuropean Lobbyingen_US
dc.title.alternativeAn Occupational Field between Professionalism and Activismen_US
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.4324/9781003329923en_US
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bben_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781032360201en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781003329923en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781032360263en_US
oapen.imprintRoutledgeen_US
oapen.pages329en_US
oapen.remark.publicFunder name: University of Siegen


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