Books & Special Issues
Oxford Handbook on Lobbying and its Regulation
R. Chari, M. Crepaz, W.M Junk, & E. Korkea-aho (eds). Forthcoming 2026. (Oxford: Oxford University Press), under contract, in preparation.
R. Chari (editor), 2024. Special Issue: New Perspectives on Lobbying Regulation Reform, Volume 13-4, 381-568
R. Chari (editor), 2025. Special Issue: New Perspectives on Lobbying Regulation Reform, Volume 14-3
R. Chari, and I. Rozas. 2022. (Berlin: De Gruyter). ISBN 9783110743586.
First book in the Viral Politics series, edited by R. Chari and I. Rozas for De Gruyter
R. Chari, J. Hogan, G. Murphy and M. Crepaz. 2020. (Manchester: Manchester University Press). ISBN: 9781526117250.
R. Chari, 2015. (Oxford: Oxford University Press), ISBN: 978-0-19-965831-2.
R. Chari (editor), 2013. (Abingdon: Routledge), ISBN 978-0415-52503-9 (Hardback)
Previously appeared as a Special Issue of Irish Political Studies, Volume 26(4), December 2011.
Regulating Lobbying: A Global Comparison
R. Chari, J. Hogan, and G. Murphy. 2010 (Hardback) and 2012 (Paperback) (Manchester: Manchester University Press). The book is part MUP’s European Politics Research Unit (EPRU) Series. Distributed in North America by OUP USA. ISBN: 978-0719079375.
Translated into Russian, Chari, R., Khogen Dzh. and Merfi, G. (2012), Mirovaia komparativistika regulirovaniia lobbistskoi deiatel'nosti. Moscow, Tsentr po izucheniiu problem vzaimodeistviia biznesa i vlasti. (R. Chari, Dzh. Khogen and G. Merfi, Russian Translation).
R. Chari and S. Kritzinger. 2006. (London: Pluto Press).
R. Chari. 2004 (Dublin: The Policy Institute, Trinity College Dublin). ISBN 1902585-11-9.
Journal Articles
2024
R. Chari, “New perspectives on lobbying regulation and reform: two generations of research.” Interest Groups and Advocacy, Vol. 13(4), 381–395.
2023
M. Crepaz and R. Chari, “Interest Group Access to Policymaking in Ireland.” Irish Political Studies, Vol. 38(1), 60-91.
2018
M. Crepaz and R. Chari. “Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Measurements When Evaluating Public Policy.” Journal of Public Policy. Vol. 38(3), 275-304.
2014
M. Crepaz and R. Chari. “The EU’s Initiatives to Regulate Lobbyists: Good or Bad Administration?” Cuadernos Europeos de Deusto, Vol. 51, 71-97.
2013
R. Chari. “The Parliamentary Election in Spain, November 2011” Electoral Studies, Vol. 32/2, 377-380.
2011
R. Chari. “Introducing Hard Questions for Democracy” Irish Political Studies, Vol. 26(4), 425-426.
P. Bernhagen and R. Chari. “Financial and Economic Crisis: Theoretical Explanations of the Global Sunset" Irish Political Studies, Vol. 26(4), Dec, 455-472.
R. Chari and P. Bernhagen. “Financial and Economic Crisis: Explaining the Sunset over the Celtic Tiger,” Irish Political Studies, Vol. 26(4), December, 473-488.
R. Chari and D. O’Donovan. “Lobbying the European Commission: Open or Secret?” Socialism and Democracy, Vol. 25(2), July, 104-124.
G. Murphy, J. Hogan and R. Chari. “Lobbying Regulation in Ireland: Some Thoughts from the International Evidence” Journal of Public Affairs, Vol. 11(2), 111-119.
R. Chari and R. Sandell. “Los ‘nuevos españoles’: un reto con sabor politico” (The new Spaniards: a challenge with a political twist), Panorama Social, Número 13. Primer Semestre. 134-150.
J. Hogan, R. Chari and G. Murphy. “Regulating Australia’s Lobbyists: Coming Full Circle to Promote Democracy” Journal of Public Affairs, Vol. 11(1), Feb, 35-48.
2009
R. Chari and P. Heywood. “Analyzing the Policy Process in Democratic Spain” West European Politics, Vol. 32(1), January, 26-54.
2008
J. Hogan, G. Murphy and R. Chari. "Next door they have regulation, but not here …: Assessing the opinions of actors in the opaque world of unregulated lobbying" Canadian Political Science Review, Vol. 2(3), September, 125-151.
F. Cavatorta, R. Chari, S. Kritzinger, and A. Gomez Arana. “EU External Policy Making and the Case of Morocco: 'Realistically' Dealing with Authoritarianism?” European Foreign Affairs Review, Vol. 13(3), Autumn, 357-376.
R. Chari. “The 2008 Spanish Election: A Balancing Game” West European Politics, Vol. 31(5), September, 1068-1076.
2007
R. Chari, G. Murphy and J. Hogan. “Regulating Lobbyists: A Comparative Analysis of the US, Canada, Germany and the European Union” Political Quarterly, Vol. 78(3), 422-438.
2006
S. Trommer and R. Chari. “The Council of Europe: Interest Groups and Ideological Missions?” West European Politics, Vol. 29/4, September, 665-686.
2005
R. Chari. “Why did the Spanish Communist Strategy Fail?” Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Vol. 21/2, June, 296-301.
2004
S. Kritzinger, F. Cavatorta and R. Chari. “Continuity and Change in Party Positions Towards Europe in Italian Parties: An Examination of Parties’ Euro-Manifestos” Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 11(6), December, 954-974.
R. Chari. “The 2004 Spanish Election: Terrorism as a Catalyst for Change?” West European Politics, Vol. 27(5), November, 954-963.
R. Chari, S. Iltanen and S. Kritzinger. “Examining and Explaining the Northern League's 'U-Turn' From Europe” Government and Opposition, Vol. 39(3), Summer, 423-450.
2003
R. Chari. “Symposium: The Iraq War and Political Science - Introduction” European Political Science Vol. 3(1), Fall, 5-6.
R. Chari and F. Cavatorta. “The Iraq War: Killing Dreams of a Unified EU?” European Political Science Vol. 3(1), Fall, 25-29.
R. Chari and H. McMahon. “Reconsidering the Patterns of Organised Interests in Irish Policy-Making” Irish Political Studies, Vol. 18(1). Summer, 27-50.
2002
R. Chari and F. Cavatorta. “Economic Actors’ Political Activity in ‘Overlap Issues’: Privatisation and EU State Aid Control” West European Politics Vol. 25(4), October, 119-142.
M. Kerby and R Chari. “Policy Scandals: A Spanish Case” Government and Opposition, Vol. 37(3), Summer, 409-425.
2001
R. Chari. “The EU 'Dimensions' in Economic Policymaking at the Domestic Level. Some Lessons from Labour Market Reform In Spain” South European Society and Politics, Vol. 6(1), Summer, 51-73.
K. Gilland and R. Chari. “European Integration – Enlargement Now and Then: Implications for Ireland” Irish Studies in International Affairs, Vol. 12, 215-230.
2000
R. Chari. “The March 2000 Spanish Election: A ‘Critical Election’?” West European Politics, Vol. 23/3, July, 207-214.
1998
R. Chari and G. Arteca. “A Leadership Selection Index for Multi-ballot Political Party Conventions in Canada” Electoral Studies, Vol. 17(4), December, 505-522.
R. Chari. “Spanish Socialists, Privatising the Right Way?” West European Politics Vol. 21(4), October, 163-179.
Book Contributions
2024
J. O’Neill and R. Chari, 2024. ‘Lobbying regulation in comparative context and reflections on the future.’ In D Coen and A. Katsaitis, Handbook on Lobbying and Public Policy (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar).
2019
M. Crepaz, R. Chari, J. Hogan, Gary Murphy, 2019. ‘International Dynamics in Lobbying Regulation’ in D. Dialer and M. Richter (eds.), Lobbying in the EU (Springer).
2016
R. Chari. 2016. ‘Evolution of Aid in the EU: Classifying Different Types of Countries and the Financial and Economic Crisis.’ in H. Hofmann and C. Micheau (eds.) State Aid Law of the EU (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
2014
R. Chari and S. Dahlmann. 2014. “Privatized Firms and Their Management Structures: Links with the State.” In L. Brennan (ed.), Enacting Globalization: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan), 183-193.
2009
G. Murphy, R. Chari and J. Hogan, 2009. ‘The Politics of Regulating Lobbyists: Assessing Attitudes of Actors in the World of Regulated Lobbying’ in C. McGrath (ed.) Interest Groups and Lobbying in United States and Comparative Perspectives: Essays in Ethics, Institutional Pluralism, Regulation, and Management (New York: Edwin Mellon ).
2008
R. Chari and P. Heywood. 2008. “Institutions, European Integration, and the Policy Process in Contemporary Spain” in B. Field and K. Hamann (eds.), Democracy and Institutional Development: Spain in Comparative Theoretical Perspective (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan), 178-202.
2006
R. Chari and A. Egea. 2006. “Preference Formation and European Constitution-Building: The Spanish Perspective” in Thomas König and Simon Hug (eds.) Preference Formation and European Constitution-building. A Comparative Study in Member States and Accession Countries (London: Routledge), 217-225.
2004
R. Chari and H. McMahon. 2004. “Selling-off the State and Supranational Regulation: Informal Governance in the EU" in T.Christiansen and S.Piattoni (eds), Informal Governance in the European Union, (London: Edward Elgar), 114-128.