Many persons and groups do not hesitate to use their influence to persuade agencies of government to make decisions which they like. Of course, if reasonably regulated and ethically done, this is not only proper but often desirable even if the parties have axes of their own to grind. Lobbying before Congress and the bureaucracy was never on such a widespread scale as in the period since the war. It has been a time of great public confusion on both national and international issues, and great economic and social values have been at stake. The astronomical federal budget and the post-war tensions in our foreign affairs have brought the lobbyists to Washington by the thousands. Vast sums and powerful organizations are behind them and whether t...
For most of American history, until the 1950s, courts treated paid lobbying as a civic wrong, not a ...
Over the past 20 years, lobbying activities in Australia have expanded dramatically. Following the U...
Interest groups and lobbyists play a crucial role in how public policy is made in the United States?...
Many persons and groups do not hesitate to use their influence to persuade agencies of government to...
Lobbying has long been a source of anxiety. As early as the mid-nineteenth century courts expressed ...
First glimpse at the lobbyist ethic shows that it is rooted in, inter alia, skepticism that accompa...
While lobbying has been part of politics in Washington D.C for decades, in recent years the number o...
After a recent spate of lobbying scandals involving Jack Abramoff among others, Congress passed a lo...
The critical and most obvious component of lobbying is the interaction an entity has with government...
Lobbying has a prominent and positive place in our laws and our history. It is protected by the Firs...
One of the most important demonstrations of power in Washington is the ability to recruit sitting go...
Lobbying is a profession that many do not fully understand or appreciate. Lobbyists play a very esse...
Most lobbying in the United States comes from business interests, but not all. Previous work has not...
This thesis concentrates on the activities of the lobbyist to influence policy, largely through effo...
The purpose of this study was to explicate the nature and significance of persuasion in lobbying at ...
For most of American history, until the 1950s, courts treated paid lobbying as a civic wrong, not a ...
Over the past 20 years, lobbying activities in Australia have expanded dramatically. Following the U...
Interest groups and lobbyists play a crucial role in how public policy is made in the United States?...
Many persons and groups do not hesitate to use their influence to persuade agencies of government to...
Lobbying has long been a source of anxiety. As early as the mid-nineteenth century courts expressed ...
First glimpse at the lobbyist ethic shows that it is rooted in, inter alia, skepticism that accompa...
While lobbying has been part of politics in Washington D.C for decades, in recent years the number o...
After a recent spate of lobbying scandals involving Jack Abramoff among others, Congress passed a lo...
The critical and most obvious component of lobbying is the interaction an entity has with government...
Lobbying has a prominent and positive place in our laws and our history. It is protected by the Firs...
One of the most important demonstrations of power in Washington is the ability to recruit sitting go...
Lobbying is a profession that many do not fully understand or appreciate. Lobbyists play a very esse...
Most lobbying in the United States comes from business interests, but not all. Previous work has not...
This thesis concentrates on the activities of the lobbyist to influence policy, largely through effo...
The purpose of this study was to explicate the nature and significance of persuasion in lobbying at ...
For most of American history, until the 1950s, courts treated paid lobbying as a civic wrong, not a ...
Over the past 20 years, lobbying activities in Australia have expanded dramatically. Following the U...
Interest groups and lobbyists play a crucial role in how public policy is made in the United States?...