The contextual nature of lobbying: Explaining lobbying success in the European Union

European Union Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 483-506

  Klüver, Heike ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Union; influence and success; interest groups; lobbying; lobbying coalitions; quantitative text analysis; salience; Wordfish

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655164313     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116511413163     Document Type: Article

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