This review identifies empirical facts about lobbying that are generally agreed upon in the
literature. It then discusses challenges to empirical research in lobbying and provides …

Context: This article presents the main results from a large‐scale analytical systematic
review on knowledge exchange interventions at the organizational and policymaking levels …

This paper outlines five principles for effective practice of knowledge exchange, which when
applied, have the potential to significantly enhance the impact of environmental …

Abstract Washington's" revolving door"-the movement from government service into the
lobbying industry-is regarded as a major concern for policy-making. We study how ex …

During the 2008 election season, politicians from both sides of the aisle promised to rid
government of lobbyists' undue influence. For the authors of Lobbying and Policy Change …

In this article we examine two general approaches to political action (transactional and
relational), two levels of participation (individual and collective), and three types of generic …

What explains differences in the lobbying behaviour of interest groups? And what
consequences do these differences have for the access that interest groups can gain to …

This landmark theoretical book is about the mechanisms by which special interest groups
affect policy in modern democracies. Defining a special interest group as any organization …

" This book will make a major contribution toward our understanding of what lies beneath
such slogans as' globalization.'The authors use the tools of structural sociology to reveal …

Do lobbyists provide issue-specific information to members of Congress? Or do they provide
special interests access to politicians? We present evidence to assess the role of issue …