Lobbying and devolution :

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" Lobbying and devolution : "
Dinan, William

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Record Number	:	1101982
Doc. No	:	TLets720358
Main Entry	:	Dinan, William
Title & Author	:	Lobbying and devolution :\ Dinan, William
College	:	University of Stirling
Date	:	2005
student score	:	2005
Degree	:	Ph.D.
Abstract	:	This thesis examines the growth of commercial lobbying in Scotland with the devolution of political power to Edinburgh in 1999. The study analyses the nascent public affairs community in Edinburgh in the lead up to, and during, the first session of the Scottish Parliament. This period covers the public debate at Holyrood over the registration and regulation of outside interests, and examines both the public and private political communication of those actors involved. The evidence base for this thesis is drawn from archival and documentary research, extended observational fieldwork in Edinburgh, and in depth interviews with informants from lobbying consultancies, corporations, voluntary sector organisations, elected representatives and public servants. A key focus of this study is the role of commercial and corporate lobbyists in Scottish public affairs and the Scottish public sphere. The analysis concludes that the Scottish Parliament's founding principles of openness, equality and accountability could be served through the regulation of lobbying.
Subject	:	Communication in politics--Scotland
	:	Communication--Political aspects--Scotland
	:	Journalism--Political aspects--Scotland
	:	Political culture--Scotland
Added Entry	:	University of Stirling