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The 41 pages that link to Lobbying, each with the reason it gives.

• Women's suffrageRelated: Campaigners sought votes in legislatures as well as support from the public.

• Political participationRelated: It channels organized participation directly toward policymakers.

• Direct actionCompared with: It seeks change by persuading decision-makers through intermediaries rather than confronting institutions directly.

• Regulatory captureRelated: Lobbying is a channel through which regulated groups seek favorable rules and enforcement choices.

• Military–industrial complexCompared with: Lobbying is one channel of influence, whereas the complex describes a broader institutional relationship.

• Representative democracyRelated: Unequal access to representatives raises questions about whose interests shape policy.

• Political corruptionCompared with: Lobbying can be lawful advocacy, unlike exchanges that misuse entrusted authority for private gain.

• Rent-seekingRelated: Lobbying can seek regulations or subsidies that create economic rents for particular groups.

• Agenda-settingRelated: Lobbyists seek to place client concerns before officials and keep them on the agenda.

• BriberyCompared with: Unlike bribery, lobbying can influence policy transparently and within legal rules.

• Political inequalityRelated: Lobbying can convert organized resources into direct access to policymakers.

• Elite theoryRelated: Unequal access to lobbying can give organized elites disproportionate policy influence.

• Interest groupRelated: Direct contact with officials is a central way interest groups seek policy change.

• NAACPRelated: The NAACP presses lawmakers and agencies for civil rights legislation and enforcement.

• Power (social and political)Related: It demonstrates how groups convert resources and access into political influence.

• Political equalityRelated: Access to officials can distribute political influence unevenly even when voting rights are equal.

• Women's rights movementRelated: Organized lobbying helped convert movement demands into statutes and constitutional amendments.

• Campaign financeCompared with: Lobbying targets policy decisions, while campaign finance concerns money connected to elections.

• Political pluralismRelated: Lobbying is one route through which organized groups press competing demands.

• State captureCompared with: Lobbying can be lawful and pluralistic; capture implies a durable imbalance in whose interests policy serves.

• ClientelismCompared with: Lobbying seeks influence through advocacy, whereas clientelism centers on reciprocal targeted benefits and support.

• Political action committeeRelated: PAC activity often complements lobbying by supporting candidates who shape relevant policy.

• Occupy Wall StreetCompared with: The movement criticized finance’s political influence rather than seeking power through professional advocacy.

• AdvocacyBroader topic: It is a direct, often regulated form of advocacy aimed at officials.

• Political campaignCompared with: Unlike campaigns directed at voters, lobbying chiefly targets policymakers.

• LegislatureRelated: Lobbying seeks to affect legislative choices from outside the formal lawmaking body.

• Poor People's CampaignRelated: Campaign participants sought meetings with federal agencies and members of Congress.

• Power eliteRelated: It is a visible channel through which organized economic influence reaches government.

• AstroturfingNarrower topic: Astroturfing often serves lobbying goals while obscuring who is pressing them.

• Tobacco protestRelated: Tobacco-industry groups may combine street demonstrations with political pressure.

• Transnational advocacy networkCompared with: Lobbying is one possible tactic, but networks also mobilize public opinion and circulate information.

• Think tankCompared with: Think tanks may influence policy indirectly through analysis, whereas lobbying directly seeks official action.

• Advocacy groupRelated: Direct lobbying is one way groups press officials to adopt or reject specific policies.

• PlutocracyRelated: Wealth can fund sustained access to lawmakers and shape the rules they consider.

• Ruling classRelated: It is a visible channel through which organized economic interests seek policy influence.

• ActivismCompared with: Lobbying can be a specialized channel of activism, but it also operates as a distinct profession and practice.

• GrassrootsCompared with: Lobbying can advance a grassroots cause, but it often centers access to decision-makers rather than local organizing.

• John Atkinson HobsonRelated: He described organized economic interests as pressing governments toward imperial ventures.

• PoliticianRelated: Politicians encounter organized attempts to shape their decisions.

• International Jewish conspiracyCompared with: Documented advocacy is specific and public, unlike the theory's imagined hidden collective control.

• Politics (governance)Broader topic: Lobbying shows how organized groups seek influence within political institutions.