A tale of two cities
April 14, 2011 at 4:02 pm fhbrussels 2 comments
Since my return to Brussels I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the differences between public affairs in Washington D.C. and how it is practiced here in Europe’s capital. My not so groundbreaking conclusion is that while the objective of public affairs may remain the same, the practice of public affairs is shaped by the market’s conditions.
As such, to kick us off in what I intend (at this stage) to be a series of posts reflecting on my time in the U.S. below you’ll find some contrasts between the two markets that I came up. I’ll take a look at my views on the impacts of some of these pairs in the coming weeks.
Elections v Selections
Politics v Policy
Confrontation v Consensus
Fast v Slow
Closed v Open
Money v Insights
Emotion v Facts
Public v Elite
Many v Few
Periphery v Center
No prizes for guessing which side is Brussels and which is Washington.
James
Entry filed under: public affairs. Tags: Brussels, fleishman-hillard, public affairs, Washington.
1. Lobbying | April 25, 2011 at 9:58 am
Thanks for sharing. I have just a doubt about this opposition: “Emotion v Facts”
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