While the European Parliament is in many ways more transparent and more accessible than many of the EU's national parliaments, the code of conduct for lobbyists and the Parliament's own Rules of Procedure are rather vague. As a result of the ‘cash for laws' scandal, the EP President, Jerzy...

Corporate lobbying techniques and strategies of three leading direct selling firms are presented, compared and analyzed in the current paper. It has been established that, although the crucial importance of the European market and hence, the intention to influence EU policymakers is a common...

Interest groups tied to other organizations by embedded, as opposed to arm’s length, ties are more likely both to participate and be leaders in coalitions. Specifically, I argue that an organization with a superior position in the policy domain network will participate in more coalitions, and...