... purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Rhetoric Lobbying Public relations The notion of “the public interest” has been much debated among scholars...

...Scott Davidson; Irina Lock Purpose This study investigates, through a case study where organisations held opposing lobbying objectives, the argumentation strategies employed by organisations in their lobbying. Big Tech companies lobbied against proposed online harm regulations in the UK...

...Irina Lock; Scott Davidson Purpose This paper develops a typology of argumentation strategies used in lobbying. Unlike in other strategic communication functions such as crisis or risk communication, such typologies have not been proposed in the sub-field of public affairs. Design/methodology...

... ought to act as objective or subjective agents and hence join the conversation on ethics in public affairs. Scholars have long contemplated the nature of public affairs and lobbying (McGrath et al., 2010 ; Milbrath, 1963). Much attention in research has been given to the contentious role...

... lobbying, political PR, and [referendums and election] campaigns as the main areas of service. These services are associated with different functions. Lobbyists in particular define themselves as partisan players closely involved in political decision making. In contrast, political PR and campaigning...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Public relations Politics Lobbying In the autumn of 2008, when the UK mainstream media are considering the “imminent demise” of the free market economy, it is instructive to consider the role of public relations (PR) in the promotion and defence...

...Øyvind Ihlen; Øystein Berntzen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to improve upon lobby theory by learning from a failed lobby campaign in which the lobbyist managed to annoy and anger key constituencies. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a qualitative case study, conducted...

... is to offer a response to some of these criticisms. Design/methodology/approach The research reported here is based upon extended fieldwork and observation of the developing lobbying industry around the new Scottish Parliament, spanning the period from late 1998 until summer 2003. It involved some 73...

...Conor McGrath Purpose Lobbying and lobbyists have for some time been regarded with suspicion and even outright mistrust by journalists and the wider public. While to some extent, popular (mis)perceptions about lobbyists are understandable, they are also regrettable: lobbyists operate in every...

...Robert Mack Lobbying of politicians by business and other organisations has spread across the Atlantic and is now working strongly in Brussels. With the recent expansion of the European Union (EU) to 25 member states, the number of lobbyists in Brussels will soon equal those in Washington...

... that the principles of democratic life be published in the United States, Current and the quality of public policy outputs Politics and Economics of Europe. are sustained. Interest groups are a key strategy for the European Union (EU) ABSTRACT KEYWORDS: European groups, lobbying Union, interest to bridge its problem...

... (The University of Texas at Austin). She is past president of the UK chapter of IABC and a member of the IPR and its Government Affairs Group. She writes and speaks regularly on a range of communications issues. ABSTRACT KEYWORDS: public affairs, government relations, issues management, lobbying, networks...