Lobbying the Autocrat

Max Grömping is Senior Lecturer in the School of Government and International Relations at Griffith University.Jessica C. Teets is Professor in the Political Science Department at Middlebury College.

• ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgementsI. Introduction1. Max Grömping and Jessica C. Teets – Lobbying the Autocrat: A Theoretical RoadmapII. Mobilization and maintenance2. Marcel Hanegraaff and Iskander de Bruycker - The Lobbying Demands of Autocratic and Democratic Leaders: A Comparative Perspective3. Sanja Hajdinjak - Between Pressure and Patronage: Navigating Legitimacy and No-Go Issues in MontenegroIII. Interest communities4. Reza Hasmath – Convergence and Divergence in Policy Topics amongst Think Tanks in China5. Sokphea Young - Transnational Activism under Autocracy: Environmental Advocacy Groups, Social Media, and Nationalism in Cambodia6. Bilge Yabanci – Acts of Compliance and Tactful Contention: The Polarized Terrain of Women’s Organizations in Turkey under Authoritarian PressureIV. Strategies7. Max Grömping – Going Public: When do Human Rights Advocates pursue Media Strategies?8. Hui Li - Political Resources and NGO Policy Advocacy Strategies in China9. Ying Hooi Khoo and Carmen Leong – Policy Advocacy Strategies of Malaysia’s Electoral Reform MovementV. Outcomes10. Eleanor Bindman and Tatsiana Chulitskaya - Post-Soviet Policy Entrepreneurs? The Impact of Non-State Actors on Social Service Reform in Russia and Belarus11. Kirk Helliker, Sandra Bhatasara and Manase Kudzai Chiweshe – Land Lobbying and Mobilization: Civil and Uncivil Society in the 1990s in Zimbabwe12. Angelo Vito Panaro – Delivering on Legitimation Claims: Creating Consultative Mechanisms for CSOs in Authoritarian RegimesVI. Conclusion13. Max Grömping and Jessica C. Teets – Toward a Theory of Lobbying under AuthoritarianismAppendix A – Supplementary Materials for Chapter 3Appendix B – Supplementary Materials for Chapter 6Appendix C – Supplementary Materials for Chapter 7ContributorsIndex

“Lobbying the Autocrat sets the agenda for an expanded literature on lobbying outside the boundaries of democracy. It will be seen as the first one to raise systematic issues of how advocacy works under authoritarianism and to present an ambitious agenda for future research so that our understanding of lobbying and advocacy can become truly global. It is equally important for the empirical findings presented, the theoretical framework presented, and the future research agenda that it proposes.”—Frank R. Baumgartner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill