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The publication of Coen, Katsaitis and Vannoni's masterful study, Business Lobbying in the European Community invites reflection on how the study of business and politics has evolved. In particular, their study invites reflections on the institutionalization of businessgovernment relations. Some 50 years ago, a politically diverse group of social scientists attracted considerable attention by arguing that business enjoyed such a structurally privileged position that its power and influence extended far beyond that what could be achieved through the normal processes of interest group politics. Business, in effect, did not need to mobilize and lobby. Lindblom, previously thought of a more conservative political scientist, shocked many by arguing that its control over investment decisions meant that business would prevail almost without trying. Politicians did not need to be pressured cajoled or bribed into giving business