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Showing 1 to 20 of 123 for “"Interest Group"”.
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Interest group involvement in constituency election campaigns
This study explores the range and variance of interest group activity in constituency campaigns in the 1988 federal election as reported in the Constituency Party Association dataset created in 1991 for the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing. SPSSPC+ was used to analyze the …
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Interest group analysis of electoral college reform.
… study is the identification of national pressure groups which have formulated group policies with regard to either the maintenance or reform of the electoral college system. After categorizing the groups in terms of their preference for the present electoral college or one of the four basic plans …
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Interest Group Politics in U.S. "Social Housing" Experiments
The rising cost of housing has renewed interest in public sector-led models of mixed-income housing production. Advocates, local governments, and state lawmakers are exploring strategies to involve the public sector more directly in the residential development process by capitalizing revolving loan …
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Impact of Interest Group Testimony on Lawmaking in Congress
<p>Building on interest group and congressional committee literature, the interest group impact theory is created to explicate the role of interest groups in congressional committee hearings. This theory applies not only to the influence interest groups have in congressional hearings, but also to …
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Information & Interest Group Lobbying in Congress: Policy vs. Political Information
… to an increased understanding of the sources of interest group influence, the nature of informational lobbying in Congress and how Congress responds to new issues on the policy agenda.
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Using environmental nonprofits to refine rules of interest group behavior
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-20 without embargo terms
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Interest group influence on sex education policy in Utah: A cultural perspective
… the education and social policy process of Utah. Interest group influence is tested, and Utah history and Mormon sexual culture are discussed. The influence of historical and cultural forces on policy, through the medium of interest groups, is explored. Strong indications of group influence are …
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The Rantoul-Chanute Regionalization of Wastewater Treatment: Small Town Interest Group Success
… regional wastewater treatment facility. The self-interest of both institutions is obvious. What is less obvious is the role of interest group politics in producing such a result and that is the topic of this paper. </p>
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Planting the seeds of biotechnology : interest group influence on USDA agricultural research
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1992.
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How the green guys won : interest group strategies & the California Clean Cars Legislation
In July of 2002, the California State Legislature passed the "California Clean Cars Bill," the first law in the United States to regulate carbon dioxide as a vehicular pollutant. California's vehicular standards have implications across the country; at least eight other states have committed to …
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Legal change in an interest-group perspective: the demise of special corporate charters
This dissertation presents a legal and economic history of the change in method of incorporation from special corporate charters via legislative act to general incorporation laws which make corporate privileges available to all who meet certain, minimal procedural requirements. Prior to the …
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REPUTATIONAL EFFECTS IN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: MEASURING THE IMPACT OF REPEAT CANDIDACY AND INTEREST GROUP ENDORSEMENTS
… of repeat candidacy and the impact of interest group endorsements on candidate contributions. The first project examines the conditions under which losing state legislative candidates will appear on the successive general election ballot. Broadly speaking, I find a good deal of support …
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Green giants and sleeping giants: environmental interest group politics and the nature of the state
… the efficacy of analyses of environmental interest group politics. This thesis is an attempt to introduce a revamped concept of the State into such an analysis. The State is defined as both administrative and ideological. Through drawing out the logic of the environmentalist position, it …
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Special Interest Group Coalitions : Grassroots or Astroturf? : Establishing Ethical StandardsTo Develop or Evaluate Broad-Based Support Efforts
This thesis is a study of special interest group use of the coalition technique to accomplish a public affairs agenda. The study provides a brief overview of the history of special interest group activity in the United States; discusses the legal restrictions placed on special interest groups by …
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Interest Group Politics in the European Union: Migrant Inclusion Organizations and Political Behavior Across Levels of Governance
… European Union (EU) working on behalf of similar interests will undertake very different strategies to achieve their policy goals. I focus on organizations working toward a migrant inclusion policy agenda across twenty EU countries, and compare their political activities across levels of …
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The transportation provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act : triumph of public interest or interest group politics?
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1992.
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