Lobbying
Lobbying is the act of trying to persuade people or governments to make decisions or support something. Lobbying can be done by many sorts of people, alone or in groups. Often it is done by big businesses, political parties, social movements, or ethnic groups. It can also be done by politicians and by ordinary citizens. Lobbyists are people whose job it is to lobby for big businesses or political parties.[1] The word lobbying comes from the lobby of the Palace of Westminster in London. The lobby is between the House of Commons and the House of Lords, and there people would try to meet politicians as they came in and went out.[1]
Lobbying Media
An 1891 cartoon about lobbying an American assemblyman
The "lobby tree", planted in 2001 by SEAP, the professional organization of lobbyists, at Wiertzstraat in Brussels, in front of the main entrance of the European Parliament
K Street NW at 19th Street in Washington, D.C., part of downtown Washington's maze of high-powered "K Street lobbyist" and law firm office buildings
John Mearsheimer thematized the influence of lobbyists in his book called The Israel Lobby.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "UK Politics | Lobbying". BBC News. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
