Lobbying Regulations and Political Equality in the American States

Flavin, Patrick

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“… 39 Achen 1978; Blais and Bodet 2006; Burden 2004; Ellis 2012; Flavin 2015; Gershtenson and Plane 2007; Giger, Rosset, and Bernauer 2012; Golder and Stramski 2010; Griffin and Flavin 2007; Griffin and Newman 2008; Jessee 2009.…”

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Labor Union Strength and the Equality of Political Representation

Flavin¹

2016

Brit. J. Polit. Sci.

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Amid growing evidence of ‘unequal democracy’ in the United States, labor unions can play a potentially important role by ensuring that low-income citizens’ opinions receive more equal consideration when elected officials make policy decisions. To investigate this possibility, this article evaluates the relationship between labor union strength and representational equality across states and finds evidence that states with higher levels of union membership weigh citizens’ opinions more equally in the policy-making process. In contrast, there is no relationship between the volume of labor union contributions to political campaigns in a state and the equality of its political representation. These findings suggest that labor unions promote greater political equality primarily by mobilizing their working-class members to political action and, more broadly, underscore the important role that organized labor continues to play in shaping the distribution of political power across American society.

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Labor Union Strength and the Equality of Political Representation

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2016

Brit. J. Polit. Sci.

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“…Fourth, since this study was particularly interested in how differences in state postsecondary finance and policy environments, economic and demographic contexts, and political conditions influenced state postsecondary interest system densities, it was important to control for state policies/regulations that impacted postsecondary interest group densities. In that regard, lobbying/interest group regulations (stringency of state lobbying, registration, and reporting regulations) have been shown to impact state interest group ecologies (Flavin, 2015;Newmark, 2005;Ozymy, 2010;Strickland, 2014). It was likewise conceivable that such regulations may impact postsecondary interest group densities, and therefore this study controlled for this possibility.…”

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“…Additional political considerations that do not fall easily within the ESA framework have also been tested. Among these include state political ideology and legislative professionalism (Berkman, 2001;Boehmke, 2002Boehmke, , 2008Gray et al, 2015;Kattelman, 2015) and whether lobbying regulations impact interest group ecologies (Flavin, 2015;Newmark, 2005;Ozymy, 2010;Strickland, 2014).…”

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State Higher Education Interest Group Densities: An Application of the Energy-Stability-Area Model to Higher Education

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Wright-Kim²

2019

The Review of Higher Education

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While public colleges and universities have a long history of engaging in the political process, relatively little is known about their activities. This study attempts to examine, both theoretically and empirically, the relationship between state economic, demographic, political, and policy contexts and state public higher education interest group density. This study applied a conceptual framework which borrowed heavily from the Energy-Stability-Area Model of state interest group systems and recent thinking regarding state higher education interest group systems. The empirical results provided general support for each aspect of the conceptual framework.

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“…Page, concluded that “our analyses suggest that majorities of the American public actually have little influence over the policies our government adopts” (Gilens and Page, 2014). In another example, Patrick Flavin of Baylor University asked “Do states with stricter lobbying regulations actually display more egalitarian patterns of political representation?” His answer is yes (Flavin, 2015). …”

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Views on the ethical struggle for universal, high quality, affordable health care and its relevance for gerontology

Martin

2017

Experimental Gerontology

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The US pays about twice as much per capita for health care than any other developed country, yet its health metrics rank among the lowest among peer nations – for example, the US has 12.2 maternal mortality deaths per 100,000 compared to 4.8 in Canada which, like other developed nations, has a single payer health care program. The leading cause of bankruptcies in the US is attributable to medical expenses. Despite recently introduced legislation (the Affordable Care Act) many millions of Americans remain uninsured or underinsured. We shall consider views on the pathogenesis of such a dysfunctional health care system and make suggestions for how it can be improved. We shall also emphasize the importance of an integrated system of universal health care for population-based epidemiological research and preventive medicine, including its implications for the enhancement of the healthspans and lifespans of future generations via trans-generational inheritance. Finally, we suggest that the anticipated major health care savings of such a system, if partially invested in basic and translational research, should accelerate progress towards further gains in healthspans and lifespans.

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Lobbying Regulations and Political Equality in the American States

Cited by 31 publications

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Labor Union Strength and the Equality of Political Representation

Labor Union Strength and the Equality of Political Representation

State Higher Education Interest Group Densities: An Application of the Energy-Stability-Area Model to Higher Education

Views on the ethical struggle for universal, high quality, affordable health care and its relevance for gerontology

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