"Lobbying and Policy Change" 20 years later

Change in Global Policy

A biologist observed that “when a territory holder is challenged by a rival, the owner almost always wins the contest—usually within a matter of seconds.” In human affairs, the same simple rule explains much of what happens when institutions attempt to reform themselves, in “reorganizations” and “restructuring” of companies, and in efforts to ratio

of government in 1967. Under pressure from these and other critical lobbies, legislators made key concessions to accommodate conservative opposition and sustain necessary funding. As part of a 1967 amendment to the Economic Opportunity Act, Congress required each center to provide care only for people below the poverty line, rather than for the com

Dans l’évolution accomplie des années 1980 jusqu’en 2017, les acteurs sociaux ont joué constamment un rôle important dans le cadre d’une tension entre paritarisme, tripartisme et étatisation. À vrai dire, l’équilibre institué des forces a considérablement varié selon les risques, les régimes et les divisions syndicales elles-mêmes [Pollet et Renard