Using environmental nonprofits to refine rules of interest group behavior
Warland, Soren
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Description
Title
Using environmental nonprofits to refine rules of interest group behavior
Author(s)
Warland, Soren
Issue Date
2025-07-10
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Pahre, Robert
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Pahre, Robert
Committee Member(s)
Khoury, Rana
Uribe-McGuire, Alicia
Sin, Gisela
Department of Study
Political Science
Discipline
Political Science
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Nonprofits
Alliances
Conservation
Environment
Interest Groups
Language
eng
Abstract
Interest groups often exert their influence by working with one or more organizations in an alliance. Interest group literature focuses disproportionately on lobbying organizations, but studying the behavior of nonprofits helps refine or refute some generalizations about interest group behavior. Furthermore, many studies neglect the factor of identity in helping or hindering alliances. This dissertation studies coalitional behavior through interviews of nonprofit leaders, examination of social media data, and analysis of archival documents. These analyses demonstrate that it is important to consider the differences between nonprofit and for-profit organizations when studying coalitions, and that identity is a crucial factor in determining what groups an organization partners with.
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