POLI 222 Lecture 15: Lobbying

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The oxford dictionary of phrase and fable 2006. Lobby in the uk, any of several large halls in the houses of parliament in which mps may meet members in public. The verb to lobby, meaning to seek to influence a politician or public official on an issue, derives from the practice of frequenting the lobby of a house or legislature to influence its members into a supporting position. Demonstrating that there is an attentive or mobilized constituency. Need to have a strong organization behind you. Not all interests in society are represented in parliament. Need to access (bureaucratic) policymakers outside of political party structures. The public is served through sound policy development. Interest groups provide valuable information the government either can"t or won"t generate itself. They can crunch the data that government won"t. Capture theory: interest groups with resources will capture policy actors. Any information that may be provided is slanted, incomplete. Started in the 80s with the mulroney gov.

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