“Process of interest representation in Brussels: Theoretical frame work and the case of lobbying for Turkey’s accession to EU”

The Foundations of lobbying

Origin and History of Lobbying

Though conscious use of lobbying in politics and government began just in the last 200 years , the influence of lobbying has been noted by many political analysts even in the earliest political forums in Greece and Rome . The use of lobbying has continued throughout the centuries , though it was known with different names . At times lobbyists have camouflaged their true purposes and titles , for instance a grand vizer of the 13th century was as much of a lobbyist as the president of say

National Coal Association in the present times (DeKieffer , 2007 :2 . A very example of the use of conscious lobbying was in Great Britain in the year 1215 where English barons had the right to petition directly to King John , if they felt that their rights under Magna Carta were violated (Withey n .d :2 . Such petitions became so common in Great Britain that the word lobby , ironically referring the place reserved for such petitions , and the relative term lobbying meaning the petition themselves , originated in the country a few centuries later

Lobbying in United States started from the earliest days of US republic in fact the records themselves clearly show the existence of organized lobbying in American politics at least as far as the late 18th century One of the main incidents of organized lobbying in United States took place in the year 1792 a mere 3 years after the present Constitution had been adopted . In this year...