Knowing the differences between groups of interest and pressure and knowing how to place them in different institutional contexts (China, USA, European Union - with particular attention to Italy). Definitions of Lobbying.
Guosheng Deng and Scott Kennedy, Big Business and Industry Association Lobbying in China: the Paradox of contrasting Style in https://www.indiana.edu/~rccpb/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/CJ-Published-Jan-10.pdf.
A. Bitonti,P. Harris, Lobbying in Europe: Public Affairs and the Lobbying Industry in 28 EU Countries, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, pp. 1-45.
Studio delle timelines e delle tabelle del sito: http://www.opensecrets.org/.
Per i riferimenti di base (istituzioni statunitensi e cinesi): L. Stroppiana, Stati Uniti, Il Mulino (anche ebook) e http://www.cina.ws/ordinamento-statale-della-cina.html. Lettura del sito: http://china-files.com/index.php. Altri testi e documenti saranno distribuiti in classe.
for students who do not take classes in the classroom.
One of these two books:
Guillaume Courty, Julie Gervais (dir.), Le lobbying électoral. Groupes en campagne présidentielle (2012), Septentrion, 2016;
Lee Drutman, The Business of America is Lobbying: How Corporations Became Politicized and..., Oxford University Press, 2015.
Learning Objectives
Provide basic skills on how interests representations and lobbies operate in different political and cultural systems.
Prerequisites
Contemporary History.
Teaching Methods
Lectures, work groups (in the classroom) and seminars.