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Qui sont et que font les acteurs de la représentation d'intérêts travaillant à Bruxelles? Avec environ 12 000 organisations inscrites au registre européen de transparence et des budgets croissants, le lobbying constitue une réalité concrète et tangible du fonctionnement de l'Union européenne. On sait pourtant très peu de choses sur celles et ceux qui exercent cette activité. Cet ouvrage collectif entend combler ce manque et éclairer les transformations récentes du paysage européen de la représentation des intérêts. En examinant les pratiques et les trajectoires sociales des lobbyistes évoluant à Bruxelles, les recherches empiriques rassemblées ici lèvent le voile sur un univers souvent fantasmé. Croisant données qualitatives et quantitatives, elles explorent des structures et des secteurs d'activité variés : très grandes entreprises, fédérations européennes, cabinets d'affaires publiques, ONG, syndicats, intervenant sur la régulation financière, les secteur portuaire et pharmaceutique, les politiques sociales, du marché commun ou encore de concurrence. À travers le portrait sociologique des lobbyistes, cet ouvrage met en lumière leurs relations d'interdépendance avec les acteurs politiques et institutionnels et leur rôle dans la fabrique de l'action publique européenne.

Every day in Brussels, countless governmental and civil society interest groups seek to influence the policies of the European Union (EU). Many groups, once they have established themselves in the EU capital, apply the insights of Public Affairs (PA) management, the modern art of lobbying. Many PA practitioners in the EU as well as academics specialised in EU and PA studies developed fresh insights on ‘how to influence the EU better'. This manual brings together the most up-to-date collection of PA expertise available to anyone desiring to enhance the success of their efforts to influence the EU. This new edition of the best-selling title is filled with new details, cases, findings and practices. This fully revised and updated fourth edition of the 2002 bestseller offers compelling new insights into the most advanced practices of influencing the decision-making in the European Union's corridors of power. The author's uniquely privileged position as advisor to a wide range of lobby groups from several different countries throws much-needed light on best practice and success in public affairs management.

It is universally accepted that there has been a huge growth in EU lobbying over the past few decades. There is now a dense EU interest group system. This entirely new volume, inspired by Mazey & Richardson's 1993 book Lobbying in the European Community, seeks to understand the role of interest groups in the policy process from agenda-setting to implementation. Specifically, the book is interested in observing how interest groups organise to influence the EU institutions and how they select different coalitions along the policy process and in different policy domains. In looking at 20 years of change, the book captures processes of institutional and actor learning, professionalisation of lobbying, and the possible emergence of a distinct EU public policy style. More specifically, from the actors'perspective, the editors are interested in assessing how the rise of direct lobbying and the emergence of fluid issue-based coalitions has changed the logic of collective action, and what is the potential impact of'venue-shopping'on reputation and influence. From an institutional perspective, the contributors explore resource and legitimacy demands, and the practical impact of consultation processes on the emergence of a distinct EU lobbying relationship. It will be essential reading for academics and practitioners alike.