On financial services, the policy initiative was in the hands of the corporate lobbyists who pushed for a project which was eventually implemented.
In fact, people (politicians, citizens, lobbyists, not merely academics) do disagree as to what rights political participation involves.
On that particular occasion the room was filled with lobbyists.
They can offer access or ignore lobbyists in the consultation process and ultimately create legislation that benefits firms or inflicts costs on them.
As a memoir of social activism, the book is an excellent lobbyist handbook and a good encyclopaedia of public diplomacy.
At one level the development of cause-of-death registration illustrates the effectiveness of lobbyist activity, particularly on the part of the emergent medical profession.
Understanding where the preponderance of government support lies may be very important in understanding when lobbyists succeed and when they fail.
There are many lobbyists, each interested in only a small subset of policy dimensions.
