Sylvain Laurens is a Maître de Conférences (senior lecturer) at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France, where he hosts a seminar series on the ‘Sociology of Elites’.

• Introduction: Beyond Media Portrayals of Lobbying 1. Entanglement: A New Administration in Search of Economic Interlocutors (1958-1980) 2. 1970–010: How Brussels Became Crucial to the Private Sector 3. Lobbying: Harnessing Bureaucratic Resources as a Weapon for Business 4. Routine Lobbying: The Personal Appropriation of Administrative Knowledge 5. Containing the Political and Depoliticisation: Behind the Closed Doors of the Administration 6. Serving the Scientific Standardisation of Markets: The Technical Extension of Commercial Wars 7. Expertise in the Service of Business: Lobbying and the European Chemicals Agency Conclusion

Sylvain Laurens is a Maître de Conférences (senior lecturer) at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France, where he hosts a seminar series on the ‘Sociology of Elites’.

• Introduction: Beyond Media Portrayals of Lobbying 1. Entanglement: A New Administration in Search of Economic Interlocutors (1958-1980) 2. 1970–010: How Brussels Became Crucial to the Private Sector 3. Lobbying: Harnessing Bureaucratic Resources as a Weapon for Business 4. Routine Lobbying: The Personal Appropriation of Administrative Knowledge 5. Containing the Political and Depoliticisation: Behind the Closed Doors of the Administration 6. Serving the Scientific Standardisation of Markets: The Technical Extension of Commercial Wars 7. Expertise in the Service of Business: Lobbying and the European Chemicals Agency Conclusion

Sylvain Laurens is a Maître de Conférences (senior lecturer) at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France, where he hosts a seminar series on the ‘Sociology of Elites’.

• Introduction: Beyond Media Portrayals of Lobbying 1. Entanglement: A New Administration in Search of Economic Interlocutors (1958-1980) 2. 1970–010: How Brussels Became Crucial to the Private Sector 3. Lobbying: Harnessing Bureaucratic Resources as a Weapon for Business 4. Routine Lobbying: The Personal Appropriation of Administrative Knowledge 5. Containing the Political and Depoliticisation: Behind the Closed Doors of the Administration 6. Serving the Scientific Standardisation of Markets: The Technical Extension of Commercial Wars 7. Expertise in the Service of Business: Lobbying and the European Chemicals Agency Conclusion