Lobbying in Europe

Alberto Bitonti is Professor of Politics at IES Abroad Rome and at the Umbra Institute of Perugia (Italy), as well as a Fellow at LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome (Italy) and at the School of Public Affairs of the American University in Washington DC (United States). He is an activist for various organizations promoting open government, transparency and innovation in the political world.Phil Harris is Executive Director of the Business Research Institute and holder of the Westminster Chair of Marketing and Public Affairs at the University of Chester, UK. He is a past Chairman of the Marketing Council (UK) PLC, Professor of Marketing at the University of Otago, New Zealand, and Director of the Centre for Corporate and Public Affairs at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is joint founding editor of the Journal of Public Affairs. His latest books are the Penguin Dictionary of Marketing (2009), Lobbying and Public Affairsin the UK (2009) and Public Affairs Management (2013, 4 volumes).