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and observation of the developing lobbying industry around the new Scottish Parliament, spanning the period from late 1998 … for news and analyses of issues relating to lobbying at the new Parliament, undertook focus group research to test public …. Originality/value – The paper challenges the assertions that lobbying is misunderstood by elected representatives and that the …
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Cover -- Editorial advisory board -- Improving risk communication and public participation through mutual understanding -- Monitoring mobilization: a discursive psychological analysis of online mobilizing practices -- Mastering the dialogic tools -- Towards visual strategic communications --...
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Lobbying of politicians by business and other organisations has spread across the Atlantic and is now working strongly … Brussels will soon equal those in Washington. The expansion of lobbying has mirrored the increase of the powers of central … governments. Key components of effective lobbying are universal: intelligence, strategy and implementation. Implementation of …
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Purpose – Lobbying and lobbyists have for some time been regarded with suspicion and even outright mistrust by …/implications – While it is unrealistic to claim that 60 interviews constitute a fully representative sample of the entire lobbying industry … lobbying industry must engage in more explicitly as to the qualities required by lobbyists. In order to produce a reasonably …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to improve upon lobby theory by learning from a failed lobby campaign in which the lobbyist managed to annoy and anger key constituencies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a qualitative case study, conducted on attempts made by the Norwegian...
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actually perform and what indispensable functions they claim to provide. Findings – The results highlight lobbying, political …
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Increasingly more companies are recognising the importance of regulations and other legislation and their effects on business. This recognition has caused significant growth in public affairs practice, primarily through the growing number of public affairs consultancies which have been...
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A central mechanism of European integration is the relationship between the European institutions and European‐level interest groups. This paper reviews the ability of interest groups to contribute to European integration by providing an overview of their numbers, support factors, resources,...
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This paper reviews organisational culture research and explores how it can aid the understanding of regional television organisations' practice of public relations. A comprehensive review of the organisational culture literature is made and frameworks based upon this understanding are argued by...
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