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Comment on Thoughts on global public affairs by Heard in Brussels: “we need to do something different” « Steffen Moller

Heard in Brussels: “we need to do something different” « Steffen Moller — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:32:25 +0000

[...] spoken about how PA is shifting before here. James has too over at Bubble to Beltway here. The question is: why are organisations who ultimately know the same-old isn’t working (as [...]

Comment on Public affairs – What I want is data by Polscieu » Blog Archive » Scientific recursion: When the object reflects on its researcher

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:35:48 +0000

[...] affairs professional James, formerly based in the Brussels bubble and now in Washington, has just done on his blog, discussing a paper by Dr. Heike Klüver on lobby influences in the EU. Categories / tags: [...]

Comment on Lost in translation – public affairs and government relations by Polscieu » Blog Archive » Scientific recursion: When the object reflects on its researcher

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:35:42 +0000

[...] the lobbyist reflects on the political scientist’s reflections on lobbyism. This is what public affairs professional James, formerly based in the Brussels bubble and now in Washington, has just done on [...]

Comment on Public affairs – What I want is data by Ron

Ron — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:28:18 +0000

What is also interesting is that Klüver uses Wordfish (http://www.wordfish.org/), a tool that (theoretically) anybody could use to follow her example measure impact of positions of one actor (in this case interest groups) on other actors (in this case the Commission).

There will be more such tools available in the near future and I expect that they may allow us to generate and analyse a great deal of data that was inaccessible to non-specialists until very recently.

This could change both science and practice.

Comment on Does the public affairs industry need a communications campaign? by A U.S. take on lobbying and why it’s important « From Bubble to Beltway

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:30:27 +0000

[...] While it clearly plays for a U.S. audience (I can see an E.U. being quite different in focus) it does at least reflect my thoughts on the need for the government relations and public affairs industry to have a communications campaign as expressed in this blog post. [...]

Comment on Thoughts on global public affairs by A Quick Tour Through the FH Blogosphere « Public Affairs 2.0

A Quick Tour Through the FH Blogosphere « Public Affairs 2.0 — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 10:03:36 +0000

[...] in light of regulatory convergence. Whilst in his most recent article examines the line between government relations and public affairs, and how we can learn from each [...]

Comment on Neither the U.S. nor the E.U. wants to kill its citizens by A Quick Tour Through the FH Blogosphere « Public Affairs 2.0

A Quick Tour Through the FH Blogosphere « Public Affairs 2.0 — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 10:03:33 +0000

[...] now offers a unique European perspective on the goings on in Washington DC. His article ‘Neither the US nor the EU wants to kill its citizens’ takes a look at the transatlantic relationship in reality, especially in light of regulatory [...]

Comment on Lost in translation – public affairs and government relations by Thoughts on global public affairs « From Bubble to Beltway

Thoughts on global public affairs « From Bubble to Beltway — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:29:07 +0000

[...] first answers the question what is public affairs from my perspective. As I’ve mentioned before that term has a very different connotation here in D.C. compared to Brussels, Berlin or London. It [...]

Comment on Now there’s a problem by jamesstevens

jamesstevens — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:35:09 +0000

Gabor,

Thanks for your thoughts and for reading my humble efforts on this blog.

I seem to be coming to the conclusion that somewhere in the middle is perhaps where we need to be heading on both sides of the Atlantic. The best of both worlds wouldn’t be a bad destination.

James

Comment on Now there’s a problem by Gabor

Gabor — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:42:02 +0000

Great post! It’s hard to decide which one is better, though the extreme slowness in Brussels, be that legislative processes or generally the rhythm of life (including restaurants) is super frustrating. So probably the quick and efficient US way is much better from a customer’s perspective, not least because of excellent services. When it comes to lawmaking, well, democracy and efficiency have never been good friends…