Interest group influence on US policy change: An assessment based on policy history

Grossmann, Matt

doi:10.1057/iga.2012.9

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“…In United States politics, liberal generally means seeking to expand the scope of government responsibility, and conservative refers to seeking to contract the scope of government responsibility. 16 …”

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“…15 A number of different groups can act as advocates including special interest organizations, corporations and their associations (business interest), academics, professional associations, unions, think tank, and foundations. 16 Advocates use a set of skills to create a shift in public opinion and public policy to mobilize the necessary resources and focus to support and change policy. 14 Simply put, policy advocacy can be defined as intentional activities initiated to influence the policy making process.…”

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“…Through these mechanisms, advocacy groups have been able to influence policy. 16 In these efforts to provide information to decision makers and the public to build support for important policy issues, advocates often look to research to help support their position. 11, 18 While it would be ideal for policymakers to independently seek out research evidence in an unbiased way, they are very busy, often working on a number of issues, and therefore rely on advocates to provide information.…”

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Accessing evidence to inform public health policy: a study to enhance advocacy

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Objectives Improving population health often involves policy changes that are the result of complex advocacy efforts. Information exchanges among researchers, advocates, and policymakers is paramount to policy interventions to improve health outcomes. This information may include evidence on what works well for whom and cost effective strategies to improve outcomes of interest. However, this information is not always readily available or easily communicated. The purposes of this paper are to describe ways advocates seek information for health policy advocacy and to compare advocate demographics. Study design Cross-sectional telephone survey Methods Seventy-seven state-level advocates were asked about the desirable characteristics of policy-relevant information including methods of obtaining information, what makes it useful, and what sources make evidence most reliable/trustworthy. Responses were explored for the full sample and variety of subsamples (i.e., gender, age, and position on social and fiscal issues). Differences between groups were tested using t-tests and one-way analysis of variance. Results On average, advocates rated frequency of seeking research information as 4.3 out of five. Overall, advocates rated the Internet as the top source, rated unbiased research and research with relevancy to their organization as the most important characteristics, and considered information from their organization as most reliable/believable. When ratings were examined by subgroup, the two characteristics most important for each question in the total sample (listed above) emerged as most important for nearly all subgroups. Conclusions Advocates are a resource to policymakers on health topics in the policy process. This study, among the first of its kind, found that advocates seek research information, but have a need for evidence that is unbiased and relevant to their organizations and report that university-based information is reliable. Researchers and advocates should partner so research is useful in advocating for evidence-based policy change.

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“…The history of agricultural exceptionalism reveals the strong power of grower interests to influence legislation affecting farmworkers (Farhang & Katznelson, 2005;Linder, 1986;Quadagno, 1995). Interest groups continue to be influential in the areas of agriculture and labor policy in the twenty-first century (M. Grossmann, 2012): U.S. agribusiness has contributed financial resources to politicians and political parties at the federal level. For instance, in the 2012 election cycle, agribusiness contributed over US$92 million, mostly to Republicans (Center for Responsive Politics, 2013a).…”

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Agricultural Exceptionalism at the State Level: Characterization of Wage and Hour Laws for U.S. Farmworkers

Rodman

Barry

Clayton

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Despite difficult working conditions, farmworkers in the United States are excluded from many federal-level labor protections. The exclusion of farmworkers from standards that apply to most other workers is referred to as agricultural exceptionalism. This exclusion was born out of the successful efforts of southern agricultural interests to exempt black sharecroppers from the New Deal package of social reforms.

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“…Third, with the memory of the Cold War and 9/11 fresh in the minds of many people, there is likely to be public opposition from citizen groups to the relaxation of existing controls. The strong relative influence of citizen groups reflects their unique advantages in reputation and perceived public support (Berry, ; Grossmann, ).…”

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National Security Export Control Regimes: Determinants and Effects on International Business

Seyoum

2016

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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Countries restrict exports for a number of reasons ranging from national security, foreign policy to the preservation of scarce resources. Most of the restrictions are imposed on military and high-technology products. This article focuses on national security controls exercised on dual-use goods, that is, commercial products with current or potential military applications. The article develops a typology of paradigms for national export control regimes: high state-low business, low state-high business, high state-high business, and low state-low business. It then introduces a theoretical model of the economic and political determinants and effects of such paradigms. The study presents national case studies and examines the effects of the four paradigms on international business. The article fi lls important gaps in our understanding of national export control regimes and their implications for managers of international business fi rms.

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Interest group influence on US policy change: An assessment based on policy history

Cited by 30 publications

References 19 publications

Accessing evidence to inform public health policy: a study to enhance advocacy

Accessing evidence to inform public health policy: a study to enhance advocacy

Agricultural Exceptionalism at the State Level: Characterization of Wage and Hour Laws for U.S. Farmworkers

National Security Export Control Regimes: Determinants and Effects on International Business

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