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Preferred term

LOBBYING  

Definition

  • REFERS TO ATTEMPTS TO EXERT INFLUENCE ON THE FORMATION OR IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC POLICY. LOBBYING AS AN ACTIVITY IS CARRIED OUT BY A VARIETY OF ACTORS RANGING FROM INTEREST GROUPS THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS DIVISIONS OF LARGE FIRMS TO FOREIGN EMBASSIES.

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Entry terms

  • POLITICAL PERSUASION

History note

  • TERM CREATED SEPTEMBER 1989. PREVIOUSLY THE TERM 'INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCE' WOULD HAVE BEEN USED.

Definition source

  • CODP

URI

https://hasset.ukdataservice.ac.uk/a744152e-e956-4738-8659-e6cc5e535a9c

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