Steunwerwing in Suid-Afrika
This article focuses on lobbying in South Africa, with special reference to the business sector. Lobbying does indeed take place in South Africa, but is on an ad hoc and unstructured basis when compared with the USA, for example. Most of the persons who perform local lobbying functions do so in a p...
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University of Johannesburg
2022-11-01
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This article focuses on lobbying in South Africa, with special reference to the business sector. Lobbying does indeed take place in South Africa, but is on an ad hoc and unstructured basis when compared with the USA, for example. Most of the persons who perform local lobbying functions do so in a part-time capacity while maintaining major positions as interest-group officials, PROS In companies or as corporate executives. Rather than trying to measure their influence In the policy-making process, the study analyses the level of interest group activity and the lobbying techniques they employ. The institutional foci of lobbying activities are also identified. Conceptual and comparative perspectives are integrated with the empirical data.
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| spelling | doaj-art-29f76e4827424ca09ee7ff52b48240f32025-01-20T08:44:19ZengUniversity of JohannesburgCommunicare0259-00692957-79502022-11-018110.36615/jcsa.v8i1.2059Steunwerwing in Suid-AfrikaYolanda Kleynhans0University of Johannesburg This article focuses on lobbying in South Africa, with special reference to the business sector. Lobbying does indeed take place in South Africa, but is on an ad hoc and unstructured basis when compared with the USA, for example. Most of the persons who perform local lobbying functions do so in a part-time capacity while maintaining major positions as interest-group officials, PROS In companies or as corporate executives. Rather than trying to measure their influence In the policy-making process, the study analyses the level of interest group activity and the lobbying techniques they employ. The institutional foci of lobbying activities are also identified. Conceptual and comparative perspectives are integrated with the empirical data. https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/2059lobbying in South Africabusiness sectorpart-time capacitypolicy-making processConceptual and comparative perspectives |
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| topic | lobbying in South Africa business sector part-time capacity policy-making process Conceptual and comparative perspectives |
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