Lobbying

Praise for Lobbying
About the author
Foreword by Jonathan Bracken
Preface
Acknowledgements

Part 1 - Introduction To Lobbying
1.1 Definitions
1.2 History
1.3 Ethics and Regulation
1.4 Funding and Donations

Part 2 - The Mechanics Of Lobbying
2.1 Rationale for Lobbying
2.1.1 Threat
2.1.2 Opportunity
2.2 Types of Lobbying Campaigns
2.2.1 Profile raising
2.2.2 Contact programme
2.2.3 Policy shaping
2.2.4 Legislation changing
2.3 Starting a Career in Lobbying
2.3.1 Academic qualifications
2.3.2 Internships
2.3.3 Advertisements
2.3.4 Websites
2.3.5 Recruitment consultancies
2.4 Appointing a Lobbying Consultancy
2.4.1 Written proposal
2.4.2 Presentation
2.4.3 Contractual benchmarks
2.4.4 Freelancers

Part 3 - The Tools Of Lobbying
3.1 Monitoring and Intelligence
3.1.1 In-house monitoring
3.1.2 Monitoring agencies
3.1.3 Public affairs consultancy monitoring
3.2 Reference Titles
3.3 Opinion Polling
3.4 Relationship Management
3.5 Online Campaigning
3.6 Messaging
3.7 The Media

Part 4 - Lobbying Whitehall And Westminster
4.1 The Civil Service
4.1.1 Whitehall
4.1.2 Contacting civil servants
4.1.3 Special advisers
4.1.4 Executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies
4.1.5 Regulators
4.2 Political Parties
4.3 House of Commons
4.3.1 Prime Minister
4.3.2 Cabinet
4.3.3 Ministers
4.3.4 Parliamentary private secretaries
4.3.5 Whips
4.3.6 Members of Parliament
4.3.7 Prospective parliamentary candidates
4.3.8 Queen's Speech
4.3.9 Select committees
4.3.10 Consultation documents
4.3.11 Early day motions
4.3.12 Business questions
4.3.13 Petitions
4.3.14 Oral questions
4.3.15 Prime Minister's questions
4.3.16 Written questions
4.3.17 Written ministerial statements
4.3.18 Urgent questions
4.3.19 All-Party Parliamentary Groups
4.3.20 Party committees and groups
4.3.21 Exhibitions
4.3.22 Function rooms
4.3.23 Mass lobbies
4.3.24 Debates
4.3.25 Legislation
4.3.26 Finance
4.3.27 House of Commons Reform
4.4 House of Lords
4.4.1 Cabinet
4.4.2 Ministers
4.4.3 Whips
4.4.4 Queen's Speech
4.4.5 Select committees
4.4.6 Oral questions
4.4.7 Written questions
4.4.8 Debates
4.4.9 Legislation
4.4.10 House of Lords Reform

Part 5 - Planning And Implementing A Public Affairs Campaign
5.1 Planning a Public Affairs Campaign
5.1.1 Alignment
5.1.2 Priorities
5.1.3 Objectives
5.1.4 Message
5.1.5 Policy environment
5.1.6 Stakeholder mapping
5.2 Implementing a Public Affairs Campaign
5.2.1 Lobbying tactics
5.2.2 Monitoring and intelligence
5.2.3 Tasks
5.2.4 Timetable
5.2.5 Coalitions
5.2.6 Media and social media
5.2.7 Campaign phases
5.2.8 Adapt
5.2.9 Evaluate

Part 6 - Lobbying Other UK Institutions
6.1 Scottish Parliament
6.1.1 Powers
6.1.2 First minister
61.3 Cabinet
6.1.4 Legislation
6.1.5 Committees
6.1.6 Oral questions
6.1.7 Written questions
6.1.8 Motions
6.1.9 Petitions
6.2 Scottish Government
6.3 Scotland Office
6.4 Scottish Affairs Select Committee
6.5 Scottish Grand Committee
6.6 National Assembly for Wales
6.6.1 Powers
6.6.2 First minister
6.6.3 Cabinet
6.6.4 Departments
6.6.5 Finances
6.6.6 Legislation
6.6.7 Debates
6.6.8 Committees
6.6.9 Questions
6.6.10 Petitions
6.6.11 Cross-party groups
6.7 Wales Office
6.8 Welsh Affairs Select Committee
6.9 Welsh Grand Committee
6.10 Northern Ireland Assembly
6.10.1 Powers
6.10.2 First minister and deputy first minister
6.10.3 Executive Committee
6.10.4 Legislation
6.10.5 Finance
6.10.6 Debates
6.10.7 Committees
6.10.8 Questions
6.10.9 Petitions
6.11 Northern Ireland Executive Departments
6.12 Northern Ireland Office
6.13 Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee
6.14 Northern Ireland Grand Committee
6.15 Greater London Authority
6.15.1 Mayor of London
6.15.2 London Assembly
6.15.3 Finances
6.16 Local Government
6.16.1 Structure
6.16.2 Planning
6.16.3 Licensing
6.16.4 Procurement
6.17 Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (the Ombudsman)
6.18 Judiciary
6.18.1 Pepper v Hart
6.18.2 Judicial Review
6.18.3Human Rights Act
6.18.4 European Court of Justice

Part 7 - Lobbying The European Union
7.1 History and Background
7.2 European Council
7.3 Council of Ministers
7.3.1 Presidency
7.3.2 Comitology
7.3.3 COREPER
7.3.4 UKREP
7.4 European Commission
7.4.1 Powers
7.4.2 President
7.4.3 College of Commissioners
7.4.4 Directorates-General
7.4.5 UK offices
7.5 European Parliament
7.5.1 President
7.5.2 Members of the European Parliament
7.5.3 Powers
7.5.4 Parties and political groups
7.5.5 Committees of the European Parliament
7.5.6 Intergroups
7.5.7 Questions
7.5.8 Resolutions
7.5.9 Petitions
7.5.10 Ombudsman
7.5.11 UK offices
7.6 Policy Formulation
7.6.1 Drivers
7.6.2 Policy areas
7.6.3 Roles of the institutions
7.6.4 Documents
7.7 Legislative Process
7.1 European Union law - types
7.7.2 European Union law - procedures
7.8 Finances
7.9 Other European Union Institutions
7.9. The European Court of Justice
7.9.2 European Court of Auditors
7.9.3 European Economic and Social Committee
7.9.4 Committee of the Regions
7.9.5 European Central Bank
7.9.6 European Investment Bank
7.9.7 European Union agencies
7.10 Other European Institutions
7.10.1 Council of Europe
7.10.2 European Court of Human Rights

Part 8 - Lobbying In The United States Of America
8.1 Constitution
8.2 President
8.3 Senate
8.3.1 Senior positions
8.4 House of Representatives
8.4.1 Senior positions
8.5 Committees
8.5.1 Senate committees
8.5.2 House of Representatives committees
8.5.3 Joint committees
8.6 Legislation
8.7 Finances
8.8 Judiciary
8.8.1 Supreme Court
8.8.2 Other courts
8.9 States
8.10 Ultimate Lobbying

Part 9 - Lobbying In Asia
9.1 China
9.1.1 Communist Party of China (CPC)
9.1.2 State and Central People's Government
9.1.3 National People's Congress (NPC)
9.1.4 Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPCC)
9.1.5 State Council
9.1.6 People's Liberation Army (PLA)
9.1.7 The people
9.2 Hong Kong
9.2.1 Chief executive
9.2.2 Executive Council
9.2.3 Hong Kong Government
9.2.4 Legislative Council (LegCo)
9.2.5 The future
9.3 India
9.3.1 Legislative process
9.3.2 Finances
9.4 Japan
9.4.1 Diet
9.4.2 House of Representatives
9.4.3 House of Councillors
9.4.4 Prime Minister and cabinet
9.4.5 Ministries
9.4.6 Policy councils (shingi-kai)
9.4.7 Diet Standing Committees
9.4.8 Party committees
9.4.9 Parliamentary Leagues
9.4.10 Study groups
9.4.11 Media
9.4.12 Business lobbying groups - Japan Inc
9.4.13 Culture and language
9.4.14 The future
9.5 Thailand
9.5.1 National Assembly
9.6 Vietnam
9.7 Taiwan
9.8 South Korea
9.9 Indonesia
9.10 Australia
9.10.1 Federal Government
9.10.2 House of Representatives
9.10.3 Senate
9.10.4 States
9.10.5 Judiciary
9.11 Unique Challenges

Part 10 - Lobbying In The Middle East And Arabian Gulf
10.1 Bahrain
10.2 Egypt
10.3 Iran
10.4 Iraq
10.5 Israel
10.6 Jordan
10.7 Kuwait
10.8 Lebanon
10-.9 Oman
10-.10 Qatar
10.11 Saudi Arabia
10.12 Syria
10.13 United Arab Emirates

Part 11 - Public Diplomacy
11.1 Diplomatic Mission to Government
11.2 Government to Government

Bibliography
Websites
Index