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Professor Raj Chari

Professor (Political Science)
3 COLLEGE GREEN
      
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Professor Raj Chari

Professor (Political Science)
3 COLLEGE GREEN

 Raj.Chari@tcd.ie

 3531896 3480


Prof. Raj Chari was born in Swift Current Saskatchewan Canada. After completing a B.A and M.A at the University of Saskatchewan, he did his PhD in Queen's University (Canada). Most of his Doctoral Thesis research and writing was performed out of the Juan March Institute in Madrid (Spain). Previous appointments include working for Vincent Wright at Nuffield College (Oxford) before joining Trinity in 1999.
  Canadian politics   Comparitive political economy   Economic policy making   EU Politics   Globalisation   Government Regulations   Political parties   Privatisation and deregulation in western Europe   Public Policy   Spanish politics
Project Title
 Life After Privatization
From
Dec 19, 2011
To
March 31, 2012
Summary
Examining and explaining what happened to firms in the UK, France, Spain, Germany and Italy after their privatization.
Funding Agency
IRCHSS
Programme
New Ideas Grants
Project Title
 International Trends in Regulating Lobbying
From
October 2008
To
October 2010
Summary
Thus project examines how different political systems in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia have pursued lobbying rules.
Funding Agency
IRCHSS
Programme
Strand 1 Research Development Initiative
Project Title
 Public Policies and Multi-Level Regulatory Structures in a Global Economy
From
January 2006
To
July 2007
Summary
Comprised of researchers in political science and economics, this team seeks to determine the role of both private parties and administrative networks in the formulation and implementation of different regulatory initiatives. While research will continue on policies studied over the last two years in the IIIS - namely agriculture, trade and merger policy - our research between 2006-7 extends this analysis to other issue areas. This includes analysis of the regulation of financial markets, regulation of anti-terrorist measures in foreign policy, and regulation of interest group lobbying activity by focusing on developments at the international, supranational, and domestic levels of governance. The research theme will undertake innovative research regarding interest representation of private parties within regulatory structures, where rules are formulated and implemented with close cooperation of administrations on the different regulatory levels. It will contribute to the literature on policy coherence between regulatory decisions in different policy domains, and it will also contribute to the literature on modelling the impact of regulatory decisions at the supranational and international levels. The policies studied are chosen for two main reasons. First, they represent regulation of activities of private, economically based actors (regulation of lobbying activity, financial regulation, mergers and agriculture) and government (financial regulation, regulation of anti-terrorist measures, agriculture and trade). This allows us to better compare and contrast developments in issue areas containing a mix both public and private actors. Secondly, the issue areas represent policies wherein regulation across different levels of governance occurs. For example, financial regulation occurs at all three levels of governance; regulation of interest group activity primarily occurs across the supranational and domestic level; agriculture and trade regulation (within the EU) is conducted at the supranational and international levels; while regulation of anti-terrorist measures, if existent, tends to occur within the national level. As a result, having different regulatory initiatives extending across different levels of governance will allow us to better understand the dynamics involved in international and regional integration, in general, and international and regional regulation in particular.
Funding Agency
HEA (through the IIIS)
Project Title
 Regulating Lobbying Activity in the EU, USA, Canada and Germany
From
Fall 2005
To
Summer 2006
Summary
The aim of this research, as outlined in the tender documentation, is to establish a clear profile of formal systems for regulating lobbyists in public life in place in Germany, USA, Canada and in European Union institutions, thereby facilitating an assessment of their relevance to Irish public life. Thus the crucial question that needs to be answered is to what extent analysing the regulation of formal systems can help the Irish body politic decide whether it wants to put in place a similar system to one that currently exists, a completely new system, or no system at all. This will be achieved by providing comprehensive answers to the following three questions. 1 What are the regulations in place in the specific states and the European Union institutions? 2 How effective have these regulations been? 3 What lessons can we take to the Irish case?
Funding Agency
Dept. of the Environment (Govt of Ireland)
Project Title
 International Regulation of Newly Privatised Firms
From
Fall 2002
To
Fall 2004
Summary
This project analyzed the privatisation of public enterprises in Spain, Ireland, and France. Results have been published in various sources including leading journal such as West European Politics.
Funding Agency
IIIS

Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Fluent Medium Basic
Spanish Fluent Fluent Fluent
Lobbying regulation in comparative context and reflections on the future in, editor(s)D Coen and A. Katsaitis , Handbook on Lobbying and Public Policy, Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar, 2024, pp79 - 90, [J. O'Neill and R. Chari], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  URL
Interest Groups and Advocacy, 13, 4, (2024), 381 - 568p, R Chari, [Guest Editor of IG&A Special Issue: New Perspectives on Lobbying Regulation and Reform (Part 1)], Notes: [Guest Editor of IG&A Special Issue: New Perspectives on Lobbying Regulation and Reform " Part 1], Journal, PUBLISHED  URL
R Chari, New perspectives on lobbying regulation and reform: two generations of research, Interest Groups and Advocacy, 13, (4), 2024, p381 - 395, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
R Chari, Strategy Guidance Note on Lobbying Registers, 1st, United Nations, November, 2024, p1 - 27, Notes: [Work is of solid value in helping governments worldwide to develop a major transparency policy, lobbying regulation.], Report, PUBLISHED  URL
Michele Crepaz and Raj Chari, Interest group access to policymaking in Ireland, Irish Political Studies, 38, (1), 2023, p60 - 91, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Raj Chari, Isabel Rozas, Virus, Antivirals and Vaccines: Why Politics Matter, First, Berlin/Boston, DeGruyter, 2022, 144pp, Book, PUBLISHED  URL  URL
Raj Chari, John Hogan, Gary Murphy and Michele Crepaz, Regulating Lobbying: A Global Comparison 2nd edition, 2nd, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2019, 1 - 256pp, Notes: [Governments worldwide are developing sunshine policies that increase transparency in politics, where a key initiative is regulating lobbyists. Building on the pioneering first edition, this book updates its examination of all jurisdictions with regulations, from the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Australia. It offers unique insights into how the regulations compare and contrast against each other, offering a revamped theoretical classification of different regulatory environments and situating each political system therein. This edition innovatively considers different measurements to capture the robustness of lobbying laws in terms of promoting transparency and accountability. And, based on the authors' experience of advising governments globally, it closes with a no-nonsense guide on how to make a lobbying law. This is of value to policymakers seeking to introduce or amend regulations, and lobbyists seeking to influence this process.], Book, PUBLISHED  URL
International Dynamics in Lobbying Regulation in, editor(s)D. Dialer and M. Richter , Lobbying in the European Union: Strategies, Dynamics and Trends, Switzerland, Springer, 2019, pp49 - 65, [M. Crepaz, R. Chari, J. Hogan, G. Murphy], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  URL
Raj Chari, Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM): Ireland End-of-Term Report 2016-2018, Washington DC, 2019, p1 - 61, Notes: [Analysis of Ireland's commitment to Open Government Policies at the end of term of its 2nd OGP National Action Plan (2016-18) ], Report, PUBLISHED  URL
Michele Crepaz and Raj Chari, Assessing the validity and reliability of measurements when evaluating public policy, Journal of Public Policy, 38, (3), 2018, p275 - 304, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL  URL
  

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Raj Chari and Daniel Hillebrand O'Donovan, Lobbying the European Commission: Open or secret?, 2011, Working Paper, PUBLISHED
Spain, S. Pendergast and T. Pendergast, Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies, 1st, 1-4, Michigan, Gale Group, 2002, pp431 - 446, [Raj S. Chari and Suvi Iltanen], Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, PUBLISHED

  


Award Date
Faculty Visiting Research Fellowship (VRF), The Policy Institute 2002-2003
Public Policy Analysis; Economic Policy-Making; Social Policy-Making; Deregulation; Privatisation; Party Politics in Spain and Italy.