Lobbyismus und Verbändeforschung: Eine Einleitung

Kleinfeld, Ralf; Willems, Ulrich; Zimmer, Annette

doi:10.1007/978-3-531-90598-3_1

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“…(Leif & Speth, 2006). Many definitions of lobbying include such an aspect as a particularly desirable influence on policy decisions (Kleinfeld, Willems & Zimmer, 2007;Michalowitz, 2004;Greenwood, 2007). When it comes to the details of lobbying, the opinions of experts are even more contradictory.…”

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“…When it comes to the details of lobbying, the opinions of experts are even more contradictory. Kleinfeld et al (2007) view lobbying as a legitimate attempt to influence policy outcomes and recognize criticism of lobbying as justified only in isolated cases. Leif and Speth (Leif & Speth, 2006), on the other hand, even critically call lobbying a "fifth force", where for them those who try to influence political decisions through lobbying are not part of the decision-making process, whereas Redelfs suggests that politicians may also represent the interests of certain interest groups (Redelfs, 2006).…”

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The Modern Experience of Lobbying Interests in Europe

Kovalova

Мамонтова

Buryk

et al. 2023

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The current experience of lobbying interests in Europe requires a detailed study of legislation to provide open public access to the Transparency Register and to promote the use of lobbying transparency mechanisms in European countries and EU institutions. These mechanisms ensure the implementation of relevant regulations and political decisions by political actors with the assistance of interest groups for the effective implementation of public policy. The purpose of the study is to establish the patterns of implementation of interest lobbying policy in Europe and assessing the reliability of lobbying activities in European countries and EU institutions to check the effectiveness of lobbying interests’ modern experience in Europe and mechanisms in ensuring transparency and its integrity in the EU. Research methods: comparative analysis; regression analysis; systematization, generalization. Results. Availability has established the relationship between disclosure by lobbyists and oversight of compliance with the rules of the register and transparency in lobbying. Lobby transparency has been identified as too weak across Europe, as the implementation of the Transparency Register, which aims to regulate lobbying, has not protected against its excessive influence. The largest expenditure on EU lobbying for the period 2017-2018 falls on countries such as Belgium, Germany, and Italy. The current expenditure of EU member states is 91%, more than €2 billion. It was found that lobbying in Europe helps to solve current problems by further improving the legislation that will ensure the implementation of effective EU policy, where the main topics on the agenda are the implementation of the Law on Digital Services and overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been established that lobbying in Europe should address barriers to access to public sector information and public data faced by citizens, and require the implementation of measures to regulate the further activities of officials between the public sector and lobbying.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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The Modern Experience of Lobbying Interests in Europe

Kovalova

Мамонтова

Buryk

et al. 2023

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“…Es ergibt sich jedoch in mehrfacher Hinsicht die Relevanz einer Neubewertung der Repräsentationspro-zesse sowie der institutionellen Strukturen der Verbraucherpolitik: zum einen vor dem Hintergrund der Weiterentwicklung der ökonomischen Theorie von Interessengruppen (Van Winden 1999), zum anderen in Anbetracht der aktuellen politikwissen schaftlichen Diskus sion zur Beteiligung von Interessengruppen in der Demokratie (Kleinfeld et al 2007, Klintman 2009). Letztlich ver langen auch veränderte Kommunikations-und Partizipationsmög lichkeiten in der Informationsgesellschaft nach einer Neubewertung, insbesondere der mit der Repräsentation verbundenen Informationsprozesse.…”

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Ökonomische Thesen zur Repräsentation von Verbraucherinteressen in Deutschland

Zahn¹

2009

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Zusammenfassung: Die Repräsentation von Verbraucherinteressen in Deutschland weist eine unzureichende Beteiligung der Verbraucher auf. Gleichzeitig wird die Informationsfunktion von Repräsentanten im politischen Entscheidungs prozess zu wenig genutzt. Die daraus resultierenden Legitimationsprobleme der Interessen vertretung sowie mögliche Fehlschlüsse bei der Determinierung des verbraucherpolitischen Schutzniveaus werden anhand aktueller Fallbeispiele aufgezeigt. Repräsentation erfordert die Kenntnis der Interessen der Verbraucher. Angesichts der Heterogenität der Interessen ist zur Konkretisierung eines Entscheidungsrahmens, der über einen normativen Grundkonsens der Verbraucherinteressen hinausgeht, in der Praxis eine direkte lösungsorientierte Präferenzermittlung erforderlich. Dazu sollten insbesondere auch die Möglichkeiten neuer Kommunikations-und Partizipationsprozesse genutzt werden. Es sollten aber ebenso Anreize zur Informationserhebung und -bereitstellung für verbrauchernahe Institutionen geschaffen werden. Dieser Maßnahmenmix würde eine legitimiertere Repräsentation der Interessen und eine differenzierte bedarfsgerechte Instrumentgestaltung des Verbraucherschutzes erlauben. Summary:The representation of consumer interests in Germany shows an insuffi cient consumer participation. Coincidentally, the political decision making process profi ts too little from the informative function of consumer interest groups. This article will demonstrate on the basis of current case studies the consequences both for the legitimisation of interest representation and possible false conclusions on the level of consumer protection. Consumer representation requires the knowledge of consumer interests. Taking an increased heterogeneity of the preferences into consideration, it is particularly important to carry out a target-orientated preference identifi cation to deduce a frame for political decisions beyond a normative fundamental consensus. In doing so, the possibilities of new communication instruments should be considered. One should also create incentives to collect and to provide information on the level of institutions close to consumers. This mix of actions would allow for a more legitimate representation of consumer interests and also a differentiated composition of consumer protection instruments.Einleitung 1

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“…Lobbying traditionally implies to be a rather private, non-mediatized representation of interests to convince political decision-makers on behalf of a speci c argument relating to a legislative process (Joos, 2016;Kleinfeld et al, 2007;Krebber et al, 2016;Weiler & Brändli, 2015). Speci cally, lobbying describes the effort to change or maintain a piece or draft of legislation in the interest of the lobbyist, who may be an individual or a group such as associations, corporations, movements, NGOs, clubs etc., pursuing either individual interests or interests of the common good.…”

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Digital Lobbying: How Digital Transformation and Social Networks affect lobbying in Germany

Kuhn,

Rademacher,

Fenton

et al. 2023

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Digital transformation affects the economy and society - and thus also politics. Especially social networks and the continuous availability through smartphones have led to a new quality of information exchange as well as placing demands on politics. Politicians and political institutions increasingly use social networking channels; hence, political communication is changing. Consequently, lobbyists have also responded to these changes, increasingly tapping into digital communication channels such as Twitter, Facebook and the like. Before this background this study provides insights on the effects of digital transformation and especially social networks on lobbying gathered from 15 interviews and seven focus groups with lobbyists and political decision makers in Germany. Results indicate, that lobbyists adapt their strategies in a digital setting towards more transparency and public opinion-oriented frames due to the social network. Thereby, the communication direction changes due to the public´s growing importance in a digital setting which is presented in a model that demonstrates the communication process between the actors. Accordingly, the importance to understand digital lobbying further in order to provide implications for theory and practice increases.

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Lobbyismus und Verbändeforschung: Eine Einleitung

Cited by 17 publications

References 32 publications

The Modern Experience of Lobbying Interests in Europe

The Modern Experience of Lobbying Interests in Europe

Ökonomische Thesen zur Repräsentation von Verbraucherinteressen in Deutschland

Digital Lobbying: How Digital Transformation and Social Networks affect lobbying in Germany

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