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Lobbying, Political Uncertainty and Policy Outcomes

Palgrave Macmillan

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  • Develops a new model of lobbying which can be applied in a non-US context, to European democracies with parliamentary systems
  • Provides a clean way to test specific mechanisms which help explain interest group communication strategies in parliamentary political systems
  • Addresses the schism between game theoretic approaches to the study of informational lobbying and empirical studies on lobbying

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    • Sebastian Koehler
    Pages 1-7
  3. Process Uncertainty: Political Decision-Making

    • Sebastian Koehler
    Pages 41-55
  4. Modeling Interest Group Communication Strategies

    • Sebastian Koehler
    Pages 57-83
  5. Data and Operationalization

    • Sebastian Koehler
    Pages 85-112
  6. Interest Group Communication Strategies

    • Sebastian Koehler
    Pages 113-141
  7. Conclusions

    • Sebastian Koehler
    Pages 143-149
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 151-168

About this book

This book analyses interest group communication strategies in parliamentary political systems, and considers how political uncertainty, which emerges from the political process, shapes interest group communication strategies. It develops a formal model of lobbying in a bicameral legislature with strong party discipline, and discusses why interest groups choose public or private communication channels to influence political bargaining. The book tests its hypothesis in different policy contexts, including lobbying on major legislation in the field of labour and social policy.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

    Sebastian Koehler

About the author

Sebastian Koehler is a research fellow at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Konstanz, Germany. His current research focuses on interest group access to political decision-makers and on the role which interest groups play in legislative bargaining.

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Softcover Book USD 59.99
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Hardcover Book USD 59.99
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