Lobbying in the Czech Republic - lack of regulations, professionalism and understanding of the discipline
2017
Abstract
The actual discipline of lobbying has no clear regulation and consequently not a good reputation in the Czech Republic. Very few practitioners would call themselves a lobbyist and generally lobbying is seen as an evil profession in the Czech Republic.
The general public perceive it as an attempt to control the majority by a few influential elements and individuals in society. Lobbying is a very new field in both meaning - as a profession or field in academic research.
The authors explore this more fully subsequently in the article and in order to understand the discipline in the Czech context they also provided introduction to the political context, briefly the modern history of the country and the theoretical framework of the discipline.