Lobbying Transparency: The Limits of EU Monitory Democracy
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Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
Texto Completo: | https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v9i1.3936 |
Resumo: | This article examines the origins and current operation of the EU’s lobbying transparency register and offers a critical review of the drivers and politics associated with lobbying reform in Brussels. The analysis considers the dynamics of political communication in EU institutions and draws on concepts of the fourth estate, the public sphere and monitory democracy to illustrate the particular challenges around lobbying transparency and opening up governance processes to wider scrutiny, and wider participation, at the EU level. This article draws upon interviews, official data and participant observation of some of the deliberations on lobbying transparency dating back to the 2005 ETI. The analysis is brought up to date by examining the data within the Transparency Register itself, both substantively in terms of the kinds of information disclosed and in relation to trends around disclosures and registration, since the register was launched over a decade ago. The article concludes with a critical appraisal of the evolving issue culture relating to lobbying transparency in Brussels as well as recommendations for the development of the Transparency Register itself. |
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Lobbying Transparency: The Limits of EU Monitory Democracyaccountability; disclosure; lobbying; monitory democracy; political communications; public sphere; transparencyThis article examines the origins and current operation of the EU’s lobbying transparency register and offers a critical review of the drivers and politics associated with lobbying reform in Brussels. The analysis considers the dynamics of political communication in EU institutions and draws on concepts of the fourth estate, the public sphere and monitory democracy to illustrate the particular challenges around lobbying transparency and opening up governance processes to wider scrutiny, and wider participation, at the EU level. This article draws upon interviews, official data and participant observation of some of the deliberations on lobbying transparency dating back to the 2005 ETI. The analysis is brought up to date by examining the data within the Transparency Register itself, both substantively in terms of the kinds of information disclosed and in relation to trends around disclosures and registration, since the register was launched over a decade ago. The article concludes with a critical appraisal of the evolving issue culture relating to lobbying transparency in Brussels as well as recommendations for the development of the Transparency Register itself.Cogitatio2021-03-31info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v9i1.3936oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3936Politics and Governance; Vol 9, No 1 (2021): Access or Excess? Redefining the Boundaries of Transparency in the EU’s Decision-Making; 237-2472183-2463reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/3936https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v9i1.3936https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/3936/3936Copyright (c) 2021 William Dinanhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessDinan, William2022-12-22T15:16:47Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/3936Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:22:28.736714Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Lobbying Transparency: The Limits of EU Monitory Democracy |
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Lobbying Transparency: The Limits of EU Monitory Democracy |
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Lobbying Transparency: The Limits of EU Monitory Democracy Dinan, William accountability; disclosure; lobbying; monitory democracy; political communications; public sphere; transparency |
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Lobbying Transparency: The Limits of EU Monitory Democracy |
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Lobbying Transparency: The Limits of EU Monitory Democracy |
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Lobbying Transparency: The Limits of EU Monitory Democracy |
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Lobbying Transparency: The Limits of EU Monitory Democracy |
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Lobbying Transparency: The Limits of EU Monitory Democracy |
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Dinan, William |
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Dinan, William |
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Dinan, William |
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accountability; disclosure; lobbying; monitory democracy; political communications; public sphere; transparency |
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accountability; disclosure; lobbying; monitory democracy; political communications; public sphere; transparency |
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This article examines the origins and current operation of the EU’s lobbying transparency register and offers a critical review of the drivers and politics associated with lobbying reform in Brussels. The analysis considers the dynamics of political communication in EU institutions and draws on concepts of the fourth estate, the public sphere and monitory democracy to illustrate the particular challenges around lobbying transparency and opening up governance processes to wider scrutiny, and wider participation, at the EU level. This article draws upon interviews, official data and participant observation of some of the deliberations on lobbying transparency dating back to the 2005 ETI. The analysis is brought up to date by examining the data within the Transparency Register itself, both substantively in terms of the kinds of information disclosed and in relation to trends around disclosures and registration, since the register was launched over a decade ago. The article concludes with a critical appraisal of the evolving issue culture relating to lobbying transparency in Brussels as well as recommendations for the development of the Transparency Register itself. |
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