Translating transparency at national levels

This article examines the roles played by national and transnational actors in the production of lobbying regulations. It draws on a qualitative research of policy-makers involved in these processes in Poland and the Czech Republic, as well as on an analysis of the parliamentary debates and inter-ministerial consultations in both cases, from 2002 to 2017. It shows that in the absence of constraints from external actors, competition between national political actors is key for lobbying to get on the agenda. Still, policy instruments based on transparency are chosen as solutions across contexts, in a complex interplay of internal and external factors.