The corporate context of lobbying activity

Business and Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-25

  Brasher, Holly ^a   Lowery, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collective Action; Interest Groups; Lobbying

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646400858     PISSN: 14693569     EISSN: 14693569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1469-3569.1124     Document Type: Review

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