Honors Theses
Date of Award
2010
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
Timothy Nordstrom
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
The lobbying efforts of foreign states within the United States government of the most prevalent, compelling, and interesting phenomena within the American political system. Through primarily seeking leverage and access within the American government, foreign states spend millions of dollars annually to protect thennational interests within the domestic policy realm of the United States. To better understand this increasingly compelling and highly lucrative phenomenon, this thesis observes and analyzes the actual lobbying disclosures, pursuant to the Federal Agents remains one Registration Act of 1938, often foreign countries from 1998 to 2010: China, Umted Kingdom, Brazil, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Peru, Qatar, and Uganda. The countries : those states that possess military alliances or are evenly divided into two study groups maintain major economic relationships with the United States and those countries that lack such politically beneficial relationships. Through understanding the different relationships the United States employs to interact with other foreign states, and through analyzing the empirical aspects of each country’s disclosed lobbying efforts, patterns in lobbying efforts emerge. This thesis reveals that countries possessing major pre-existing relationships with the United States utilize the private lobbying sector far more than those countries lacking such beneficial relationships, and it further proves that the extent to which foreign principals understand and participate in this political conundrum is remarkably fascinating and perpetually evolving.
Recommended Citation
Randle, Joshua Steven, "Leverage and Access: Understanding Why Foreign States Lobby the United States Government" (2010). Honors Theses. 2402.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2402
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