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Hedging Bets; British Business Lobbying in the European Union post-Brexit

Coen, David; Katsaitis, Alexander; (2022) Hedging Bets; British Business Lobbying in the European Union post-Brexit. The Political Quarterly 10.1111/1467-923x.13132. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

In Brexit's aftermath, appreciating how UK business will interact with Brussels is vital to understanding the mechanics of future economic and trade relations. Drawing from work on corporate political activity, the article outlines changes that UK business lobbying faces in Brussels post-Brexit, focussing on three key aspects: (i) changes at the institutional-systemic level; (ii) variance across policy fields; (iii) engagement with other organisations. The article discusses potential strategic responses for UK business and argues that lobbying for UK private interests will become a costlier and more complicated enterprise. While policy making access via political doors will become harder, demand for reliable technical expertise allows UK business to maintain its presence and influence in regulatory policy areas. Targeted lobbying and diversified mobilisation offer the safest way forward for UK business lobbying in Brussels.

Type: Article
Title: Hedging Bets; British Business Lobbying in the European Union post-Brexit
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/1467-923x.13132
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.13132
Language: English
Additional information: © 2022 The Authors. The Political Quarterly published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Political Quarterly Publishing Co (PQPC). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Keywords: business, lobbying, Brexit, European Union, interest groups, corporate political activity
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Political Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10147273
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