Revolving door (politics)

Not to be confused with Revolving door effect.

In politics, a revolving door denotes a situation where legislators, regulators, or personnel in the public sector moves to a similar position in the private sector, where many work in fields related to lobbying. It is analogous to the movement of people in a physical revolving door, hence its name. Critics assert that such a relationship between the government and private sector can lead to conflict of interest and regulatory capture, based on the granting of reciprocated privileges between them.

The term has also been used to refer to the constant switching and ousting of political leaders from office, such as in Australia (which changed its Prime Ministers six times from 2007 to 2018), interwar Yugoslavia, and Japan (which also changed its Prime Ministers six times from 2006 to 2012).

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