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... soviet regimes Russia sociology stratarchy political elites political leaders government career paths representative democracy politics and business revolving doors According to the ‘ambition theory’ proposed by Joseph A. Schlesinger ( 1966 ) in the introduction to one of his more...

...Corruption is endemic in the Indian subcontinent, and has provoked public outrage. This chapter reviews two game-theoretic models that focus on petty corruption and influence peddling through revolving doors. The chapter presents in detail some results in the framework of a one-stage game...

..., and they were less reactive to government initiatives and ad-h­ oc in their strategic political activity (Yoffee and Bergenstein 1985). Along with growing Political Action Committee (PAC) contributions and direct regulatory lobbying opportunities, we also observed what became known as the revolving door...

... obstruction climate policy lobbying merchants of doubt revolving doors Shell the Netherlands As Figure 7.1 shows, in 2017, two years after the 2015 Paris Agreement was adopted, the Netherlands emitted 191 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents (MMT CO₂e) of greenhouse gases...

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