Lobbying : The Art of Political Persuasion.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1 - Introduction to Lobbying -- 1.1 Definitions -- 1.2 History -- 1.3 Ethics and Regulation -- 1.4 Funding and Donations -- Part 2 - The Mechanics of Lobbying -- 2.1 Rationale for Lobbying -- 2.1.1 Threat -- 2.1.2 Opportunity -- 2.2 Types of Lobbying Programmes -- 2.2.1 Profile raising -- 2.2.2 Contact programme -- 2.2.3 Policy shaping -- 2.2.4 Legislation changing -- 2.3 Starting a Career in Lobbying -- 2.3.1 Academic qualifications -- 2.3.2 Internships -- 2.3.3 Advertisements -- 2.3.4 Websites -- 2.3.5 Recruitment consultancies -- 2.4 Appointing a Lobbying Consultancy -- 2.4.1 Written proposal -- 2.4.2 Presentation -- 2.4.3 Contractual benchmarks -- 2.4.4 Freelancers -- Part 3 - The Tools of Lobbying -- 3.1 Monitoring and Intelligence -- 3.1.1 In-house monitoring -- 3.1.2 Monitoring agencies -- 3.1.3 Public affairs consultancy monitoring -- 3.2 Reference Titles -- 3.3 Opinion Polling -- 3.4 Relationship Management -- 3.5 Online Campaigning -- 3.6 Messaging -- 3.7 The Media -- Part 4 - Lobbying Whitehall and Westminster -- 4.1 The Civil Service -- 4.1.1 Whitehall -- 4.1.2 Contacting civil servants -- 4.1.3 Special Advisers -- 4.1.4 Executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies -- 4.1.5 Regulators -- 4.2 Political Parties -- 4.3 House of Commons -- 4.3.1 Prime minister -- 4.3.2 Cabinet -- 4.3.3 Ministers -- 4.3.4 Parliamentary private secretaries -- 4.3.5 Whips -- 4.3.6 Members of Parliament -- 4.3.7 Queen's Speech -- 4.3.8 Select committees -- 4.3.9 Consultation documents -- 4.3.10 Early Day Motions -- 4.3.11 Business Questions -- 4.3.12 Petitions -- 4.3.13 Oral questions -- 4.3.14 Prime minister's questions -- 4.3.15 Written questions -- 4.3.16 Written Ministerial Statements -- 4.3.17 Urgent questions -- 4.3.18 All-Party Parliamentary Groups -- 4.3.19 Party committees and groups -- 4.3.20 Exhibitions.

4.3.21 Function rooms -- 4.3.22 Mass lobbies -- 4.3.23 Debates -- 4.3.24 Legislation -- 㐀⸀㌀⸀㈀㔀 䘀椀渀愀渀挀攀 -- 4.4 House of Lords -- 4.4.1 Cabinet -- 4.4.2 Ministers -- 4.4.3 Whips -- 4.4.4 Queen's Speech -- 4.4.5 Select committees -- 4.4.6 Oral questions -- 4.4.7 Written questions -- 4.4.8 Debates -- 4.4.9 Legislation -- Part 5 - Lobbying Other Uk Institutions -- 5.1 Scottish Parliament -- 5.1.1 Powers -- 5.1.2 First minister -- 5.1.3 Cabinet -- 5.1.4 Legislation -- 5.1.5 Committees -- 5.1.6 Oral questions -- 5.1.7 Written questions -- 5.1.8 Motions -- 5.1.9 Petitions -- 5.2 Scottish Government -- 5.3 Scotland Office -- 5.4 Scottish Affairs Select Committee -- 5.5 Scottish Grand Committee -- 5.6 National Assembly for Wales -- 5.6.1 Powers -- 5.6.2 First minister -- 5.6.3 Cabinet -- 5.6.4 Departments -- 5.6.5 Finances -- 5.6.6 Legislation -- 5.6.7 Debates -- 5.6.8 Committees -- 5.6.9 Questions -- 5.6.10 Petitions -- 5.7 Wales Office -- 5.8 Welsh Affairs Select Committee -- 5.9 Welsh Grand Committee -- 5.10 Northern Ireland Assembly -- 5.10.1 Powers -- 5.10.2 First minister and deputy first minister -- 5.10.3 Executive Committee -- 5.10.4 Legislation -- 5.10.5 Finance -- 5.10.6 Debates -- 5.10.7 Committees -- 5.10.8 Questions -- 5.10.9 Petitions -- 5.11 Northern Ireland Executive Departments -- 5.12 Northern Ireland Office -- 5.13 Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee -- 5.14 Northern Ireland Grand Committee -- 5.15 Greater London Authority -- 5.15.1 Mayor of London -- 5.15.2 London Assembly -- 5.15.3 Finances -- 5.16 Local Government -- 5.16.1 Structure -- 5.16.2 Planning -- 5.16.3 Licensing -- 5.16.4 Procurement -- 5.17 Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (the Ombudsman) -- 5.18 Judiciary -- 5.18.1 Pepper v Hart -- 5.18.2 Judicial Review -- 5.18.3 Human Rights Act -- 5.18.4 European Court of Justice -- Part 6 - Lobbying the European Union.

6.1 History and Background -- 6.2 European Council -- 6.3 Council of Ministers -- 6.3.1 Presidency -- 6.3.2 Comitology -- 6.3.3 COREPER -- 6.3.4 UKREP -- 6.4 European Commission -- 6.4.1 Powers -- 6.4.2 President -- 6.4.3 College of Commissioners -- 6.4.4 Directorates-General -- 6.4.5 UK offices -- 6.5 European Parliament -- 6.5.1 President -- 6.5.2 Members of the European Parliament -- 6.5.3 Powers -- 6.5.4 Parties and political groups -- 6.5.5 Committees of the European Parliament -- 6.5.6 Intergroups -- 6.5.7 Questions -- 6.5.8 Resolutions -- 6.5.9 Petitions -- 6.5.10 Ombudsman -- 6.5.11 UK offices -- 6.6 Policy Formulation -- 6.6.1 Drivers -- 6.6.2 Policy areas -- 6.6.3 Roles of the institutions -- 6.6.4 Documents -- 6.7 Legislative Process -- 6.7.1 European Union law - types -- 6.7.2 European Union law - procedures -- 6.8 Finances -- 6.9 Other European Union Institutions -- 6.9.1 European Court of Justice -- 6.9.2 European Court of Auditors -- 6.9.3 European Economic and Social Committee -- 6.9.4 Committee of the Regions -- 6.9.5 European Central Bank -- 6.9.6 European Investment Bank -- 6.9.7 European Union agencies -- 6.10 Other European Institutions -- 6.10.1 Council of Europe -- 6.10.2 European Court of Human Rights -- Part 7 - Lobbying in the United States of America -- 7.1 Constitution -- 7.2 President -- 7.3 Senate -- 7.3.1 Senior positions -- 7.4 House of Representatives -- 7.4.1 Senior positions -- 7.5 Committees -- 7.5.1 Senate committees -- 7.5.2 House of Representatives committees -- 7.5.3 Joint committees -- 7.6 Legislation -- 7.7 Finances -- 7.8 Judiciary -- 7.8.1 Supreme Court -- 7.8.2 Other courts -- 7.9 States -- 7.10 Ultimate Lobbying -- Part 8 - Lobbying in Asia -- 8.1 China -- 8.1.1 Communist Party of China (CPC) -- 8.1.2 State and Central People's Government -- 8.1.3 National People's Congress (NPC) -- 8.1.4 State Council.

8.1.5 People's Liberation Army (PLA) -- 8.1.6 The people -- 8.2 Hong Kong -- 8.2.1 Chief executive -- 8.2.2 Executive Council -- 8.2.3 Hong Kong Government -- 8.2.4 Legislative Council (LegCo) -- 8.2.5 The future -- 8.3 India -- 8.3.1 Legislative process -- 8.3.2 Finances -- 8.4 Japan -- 8.5.1 National Assembly -- 8.4.1 Diet -- 8.4.2 House of Representatives -- 8.4.3 House of Councillors -- 8.4.4 Prime minister and cabinet -- 8.4.5 Ministries -- 8.4.6 Policy councils (shingi-kai) -- 8.4.7 Diet Standing Committees -- 8.4.8 Party committees -- 8.4.9 Parliamentary Leagues -- 8.4.10 Study groups -- 8.4.11 Media -- 8.4.12 Business lobbying groups - Japan Inc -- 8.4.13 Culture and language -- 8.4.14 The future -- 8.5 Thailand -- 8.5.1 National Assembly -- 8.6 Vietnam -- 8.7 Unique Challenges -- Part 9 - Lobbying in the Middle East and Arabian Gulf -- 9.1 Bahrain -- 9.2 Egypt -- 9.3 Iran -- 9.4 Iraq -- 9.5 Israel -- 9.6 Jordan -- 9.7 Kuwait -- 9.8 Lebanon -- 9.9 Oman -- 9.10 Qatar -- 9.11 Saudi Arabia -- 9.12 Syria -- 9.13 United Arab Emirates -- Bibliography -- Websites -- Index.

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