Abstract As tourist areas strive to position themselves successfully, tourism lobbying plays a more and more important …. In this paper Bavaria, one of the leading European destinations, serves as an example of the role of tourism lobbying in …

Abstract Electronic lobbying efforts have become an essential, yet profoundly underutilized strategy of nonprofit … and perceived effectiveness of nonprofit electronic lobbying activities and the communication channels employed for this … activities. The study concludes that state nonprofit associations actively utilize email as an electronic lobbying activity to …

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 …

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 …

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 …

actually perform and what indispensable functions they claim to provide. Findings – The results highlight lobbying, political …