Legislative lobbying in context: towards a conceptual framework of interest group lobbying in the European Union

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 447-461

  Klüver, Heike ^a   Braun, Caelesta ^b   Beyers, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Context; European Union; interest groups; lobbying

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924280428     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2015.1008792     Document Type: Editorial

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