... policymaking interest groups In terms of the ideological makeup of state government, we are similarly flummoxed. Parinandi (2020 , 2023) finds that the greater liberalness of a state legislature increases its probability of being a first adopter (or “inventor”) of RPS policy. However, this finding...

... and policies created by this discretionary review have yet to be studied through the lens of interest group mobilization. We bridge this gap with an analysis of the behavior of construction unions in the housing entitlement process. Using data from 164 U.S. cities, we find that construction union...

...Rebecca Goldstein Which groups and individuals influence policy through their political activities? Criminal justice policy, because it is made at the local level, is often excluded from the study of interest group politics. In this paper, I provide evidence that senior citizens operate as a pro...

... party’s network, the more frequently the legislator will publicly champion that interest. Ideological Alignment. Interest groups routinely engage with the legislative process to pursue policy goals. These efforts can include making arguments (Awad, 2020 ; Schnakenberg, 2017...