Influence match: can corporate lobbying equalise political influence?

Garcia Gibson, Francisco (2024) Influence match: can corporate lobbying equalise political influence? Journal of Ethics. ISSN 1382-4554

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Abstract

Some corporations use their disproportionate lobbying power to obstruct policy. This obstructive lobbying violates most people’s claims to equal political influence. Occasionally, however, other corporations respond by using their disproportionate power to lobby in support of policy. Does this supportive lobbying violate claims to equal influence too? This paper argues that it does, using climate policy as an example. Supportive lobbying does not, in many cases, work to cancel out the influence from obstructive corporate lobbying. Moreover, supportive lobbying violates claims to equal influence even in cases where this lobbying helps equalise the distribution of influence, helps equalise the likelihood of congruence between policy and people’s policy preferences, and helps enforce claims to equal influence held by people in the supportive corporation.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://link.springer.com/journal/10892
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author
Divisions:	Government
Subjects:	J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General)
Date Deposited:	29 Feb 2024 16:57
Last Modified:	12 Nov 2024 17:24
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/122139

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