Using environmental nonprofits to refine rules of interest group behavior

Warland, Soren

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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

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.

Graduation Semester

2025-08

Type of Resource

Thesis

Handle URL

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/129853

Copyright and License Information

Copyright 2025 Søren Warland

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