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Transparent lobbying and democracy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laboutková, Sárka
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Other Authors: Šimral, Vít, Vymětal, Petr
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Subjects:
Lobbying.
Democracy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • About the Authors
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Boxes
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 1.1 The Recent Growth of Regulation and the Lobbying Industry
  • 1.2 How is Lobbying Connected to Democracy?
  • 1.3 The Present-Day Relevance of Transparent Lobbying
  • 1.4 The Current State of the Art
  • 1.5 Research Questions and Objectives
  • 1.6 Methodological Framework
  • 1.7 The Structure of the Book
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Democracy and Lobbying
  • 2.1 Democracy and Accountability
  • 2.2 Democracy as a Decision-Making Process
  • 2.3 Lobbying in Democracy
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Transparency in Democratic Decision-Making
  • 3.1 Transparency and Good Governance
  • 3.2 Transparency and Its Rules
  • 3.3 Transparency of Lobbying and Democracy
  • 3.4 Transparency of Lobbying and Institutional Quality
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Methodology of Research on Lobbying Regulation
  • 4.1 Overview of Existing Approaches
  • 4.2 Key Standards and Measures of Transparent Lobbying
  • 4.3 Catalogue of Transparent Lobbying
  • 4.3.1 Lobbyists
  • 4.3.2 Targets of Lobbying
  • 4.3.3 Sunshine Principles and Sunshine Rules
  • 4.3.4 Oversight and Sanctioning System
  • 4.4 Benefits and Costs of Transparent Lobbying (Pavla Bednářová)
  • References
  • Chapter 5: A Theoretical Model of Lobbying
  • 5.1 Rational-Choice Principles and Transparent Lobbying
  • 5.2 Interest Groups in Decision-Making: Pluralism, Neo-corporatism, and the State
  • 5.2.1 Pluralism
  • 5.2.2 Neo-corporatism
  • 5.2.3 Regulation Theory: The Rent-Seeking and Regulatory Capture
  • 5.3 An Actor-Centered Model of Lobbying (with Milan Žák)
  • 5.4 Information in Lobbying
  • 5.5 Non-transparent Lobbying as a Democratic Failure
  • 5.6 Optima in Lobbying Games
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Past and Present Practices of Lobbying and Its Regulation
  • 6.1 Growth of Informal Lobbying and Pioneering Lobbying Rules
  • 6.2 Growth of Lobbying Regulations in the World
  • 6.2.1 Regulation of Lobbying in the United States
  • 6.2.2 Regulation of Lobbying in Canada
  • 6.2.3 Lobbying Regulation in the United Kingdom
  • 6.2.4 Lobbying Regulation at the Level of European Institutions
  • 6.2.5 Regulation in Other Countries of the World
  • 6.3 Pro-transparency Rules Affecting Lobbying in Practice
  • 6.3.1 Lobbyists
  • 6.3.2 Targets of Lobbying
  • 6.3.3 Sunshine Principles
  • 6.3.4 Monitoring and Sanctioning
  • 6.4 Models of Lobbying Regulation in Practice
  • References
  • Chapter 7: Transparent Lobbying in Central and Eastern European Countries
  • 7.1 Lobbying Regulation as a Challenge of Democratization
  • 7.2 Development and Recent Regulation of Lobbying in Central and Eastern European Countries
  • 7.3 Evaluation of Transparent Lobbying in Visegrad Group Countries and Austria and Slovenia