Self-interest, public interest, and the efforts to influence public policy
Why is it reasonable to believe that politics/policy-making are exempt from self-interested behaviour, while it is 'obvious' that in one's business, personal, occupational and even spiritual life that people act in a self-interested fashion?
It is common for lobbyists to be charged with self-interest—as if the other players do not pursue their self-interest. For example, Donald Savoie, the Canada Research Chair in Public Administration and Governance at the Université de Moncton, has argued that "Power and influence in O...
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