Rethinking the World or Lobbying Manual

Rethinking the World: Great Power Strategies and International Order

Author: Jeffrey W Legro

Stunning shifts in the worldviews of states mark the modern history of international affairs: how do societies think about-and rethink-international order and security? Japan's "opening," German conquest, American internationalism, Maoist independence, and Gorbachev's "new thinking" molded international conflict and cooperation in their eras. How do we explain such momentous changes in foreign policy-and in other cases their equally surprising absence?

The nature of strategic ideas, Jeffrey W. Legro argues, played a critical and overlooked role in these transformations. Big changes in foreign policies are rare because it is difficult for individuals to overcome the inertia of entrenched national mentalities. Doing so depends on a particular nexus of policy expectations, national experience, and ready replacement ideas. In a sweeping comparative history, Legro explores the sources of strategy in the United States and Germany before and after the world wars, in Tokugawa Japan, and in the Soviet Union. He charts the likely future of American primacy and a rising China in the coming century.

Rethinking the World tells us when and why we can expect changes in the way states think about the world, why some ideas win out over others, and why some leaders succeed while others fail in redirecting grand strategy.

Foreign Affairs

In this impressive study, Legro argues that major strategic turning points are not simply the result of shifts in power and interests; they also involve the interplay of "collective ideas" within states about how to relate to the outside world. Legro explores many of the most important cases: the United States' turn to internationalism after World War II, Japan's decision in the 1860s to join the great powers, Germany's failed reintegration into Europe after World War I, Gorbachev's late-Soviet "new thinking." In each instance, shocks to old thinking — typically war or economic calamity — make possible a reorientation of foreign policy. And it is at these historical "pivot points," when the nation's interests are not clear and leaders are forced to puzzle about the future, that ideas and beliefs matter. The causal connections between power, interests, and collective ideas are not always clear, but Legro makes a compelling case that strategic beliefs cannot be reduced to strategic circumstance. He ends by reflecting on the future of the Bush "revolution" and argues that, absent further terrorist attacks, U.S. foreign policy is likely to tack back to the post-World War II mainstream.

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Lobbying Manual: A Compliance Guide for Lawyers and Lobbyists

Author: William V Luneburg

Describes the dramatic changes brought about by the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, and the considerable changes that have occurred since the last edition was published in 1998.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Federal lobbying regulation : history through 1954	5
Ch. 2	History of lobbying reform proposals since 1955 and enactment of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995	21
Ch. 3	The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 : scope of coverage	33
Ch. 4	Registration, reporting, and related requirements	89
Ch. 5	Lobbying Disclosure Act : administration and miscellaneous matters	135
Ch. 6	Constitutional issues raised by the 1995 Lobbying Disclosure Act	143
Ch. 7	Antitrust - the federal trade commission and the department of justice	167
Ch. 8	Lobbying at the EPA under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995	177
Ch. 9	Communications with federal financial regulatory agencies under the Lobbying Disclosure Act	195
Ch. 10	Internal revenue code limitations on deductibility of lobbying expenses by businesses and trade associations	227
Ch. 11	Internal revenue code limitations on lobbying by tax-exempt organizations	243
Ch. 12	Foreign Agents Registration Act	251
Ch. 13	The Byrd amendment	265
Ch. 14	Federal acquisition regulation governing lobbying	279
Ch. 15	Office of management of budget regulations governing lobbying costs incurred by nonprofit organizations	285
Ch. 16	Antitrust consent decree (Tunney Act) lobbying	291
Ch. 17	Public utility holding company lobbying	305
Ch. 18	Lobbying by executive branch officials	309
Ch. 19	Special considerations by lobbying by nonprofit corporations	319
Ch. 20	Contingent fee lobbying	341
Ch. 21	Federal campaign finance law : a primer for the lobbyist	361
Ch. 22	Congressional ethics : gifts, travel, and income limits	405
Ch. 23	Restrictions on gifts and compensation for executive branch employees	433
Ch. 24	Post-employment restrictions and the regulation of lobbying by former employees	445
Ch. 25	Criminal prosecution of lobbyists for offering gratuities to legislators	469
Ch. 26	The lawyer and the congressional investigation	477
Ch. 27	The ethical responsibilities of a lawyer-lobbyist	487