Transparent Lobbying and Democracy
This book deals with the current, as yet unsolved, problem of transparency of lobbying. In the current theories and prevalent models that deal with lobbying activities, there is no reflection of the degree of transparency of lobbying, mainly due to the un
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sparent Lobbying and Democracy
Šárka Laboutková • Vít Šimral Petr Vymětal
Transparent Lobbying and Democracy
Šárka Laboutková Technical University of Liberec Liberec, Czech Republic
Vít Šimral University of Hradec Králové Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Petr Vymětal University of Economics, Prague Prague, Czech Republic
ISBN 978-3-030-36043-6 ISBN 978-3-030-36044-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36044-3 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Marina Lohrbach_shutterstock.com This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
The book Transparent Lobbying and Democracy is written by a group of young Czech researchers—Šárka Laboutková, Petr Vymětal, and Vít Šimral—who belong to new talented academic generation. They aim to grasp, capture, and really understand hidden dynamics of key political processes in Central Europe. They are lead experts on transparency and accountability in the region, stay very vocal, and shy not away from involvement into public discourse around it. At their own academic institutions, they work as real pioneers in lecturing students, publishing and highlighting importance and direct relation between transparency, lobbying, quality of democracy and integrity of institutions. In my profession, as head of Transparency International Czech chapter, my team and myself we face every day dubious political decisions made behind closed door, in the dark with limited or no accountability. We see political corruption, opacity in decision-making, and undue influence as challenges for our political systems that deeply undermine
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