Despite this focus on
lobbyism, only a few studies in Scandinavia have so far tried to map which politicians, and how many, have actually gone through the revolving door.
43) Thus it appears that post-Soeharto e1ite politics are increasingly limited to those commanding sufficient financial resources, with corruption and
lobbyism as automatic side effects.
Especially industry representatives with a deep relation to
lobbyism had a stronger focus on a contact with politicians and even refused to work with media.
For this reason, the topic of
lobbyism is irrational because people who don't like something cannot lobby for it," the letter states.
A great part of current think tank research - or other contributions focusing
lobbyism in general -- remain policy blind, as von Winter rightly emphasizes (von Winter 2004).
The opposition from the left-wing Coalition for Bulgaria and the far-right, nationalist party Ataka, once again accused the ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB, of
lobbyism and passing unfeasible amendments.
Statens offentliga utredningar, 1999: Avkorporativisering och
lobbyism, SOU 1999:121, Stockholm.
The opposition, left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, declared they would file a claim with the Constitutional Court over suspicions of
lobbyism in the yield of timber.
