Linking citizens to government: interest group politics at Common Cause
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| adam_text | Contents
List of figures page xi
List of tables xii
Preface xv
1 Organized groups and the political system 1
Understanding organized groups: The lack of consensus 1
Moving ahead 4
The focus of analysis: Common Cause 7
Some caveats 12
Structure of the analysis 13
2 A unified framework for understanding citizens decision
making: A theory of experiential search 15
Toward a unified view 15
General analytic approaches to citizens decision making 15
Members decision making 17
A theory of experiential search 21
Common Cause and experiential search 24
Conclusions: Experiential search as a unified framework 28
3 Who contributes? 29
Common Cause members: Painting a portrait 29
Common Cause members and the national citizenry 30
Sociodemographic differences 31
Political attitudes 36
Participatory activities 41
Summary 42
The Common Cause membership: Activists versus rank
and file 43
Sociodemographic differences 44
Political attitudes 47
Participatory activities 54
Summary 56
viii Contents
Conclusions: Group members external and internal
comparisons 56
Appendix 3.1. Question wording of Common Cause and
National Election Study questions 58
General political attitudes 58
Specific political attitudes 59
Participatory activities 62
4 Why do citizens join groups? 63
Joining the first step 63
Studying the membership choice 64
Why members think they joined 66
The determinants of membership: An individual level
analysis 69
Measurement 75
Estimation 77
Results 78
An aggregate level replication 82
Choosing among public interest groups 86
Conclusions: The determinants of membership 93
Appendix 4.1. Critique of Kau and Rubin 95
Appendix 4.2. Formal presentation of WESML estimator 99
5 The internal politics of organizations I: Learning and
retention 100
Life in the organization 100
Do members learn? 102
Exploring the retention process 108
Measurement 110
Understanding retention 111
A validity check 120
Conclusions: Learning, the retention choice, and
experiential search 123
Appendix 5.1. Testing the retention model 124
6 The internal politics of organizations II: Activism 127
Separating the activists from the rank and file 127
Checkbook versus temporal activism 128
Checkbook activism and its determinants 130
Temporal activism: An introduction 134
Alternative scenarios 136
The costs and benefits of Common Cause activism 137
An empirical test: Activism and Common Cause 139
Measurement and estimation 140
Results 144
Contents ix
Activism: A validity test 151
A final note: Activism and retention as a joint commitment
decision 152
Conclusions: Moving up 156
7 The internal politics of organizations III: Leadership
behavior and the determinants of group goals 158
Moving from the demand to the supply side 158
Democratic processes at Common Cause 160
Members attitudes toward representation 166
Shifting the issue agenda 169
The MX missile debate 171
A strange match: Common Cause versus MX 173
Theoretical perspectives on organizational goals 176
Common Cause, goal formation, and the MX missile 180
Making sense of it all: The politics of organizational goals 186
Conclusions: Leadership behavior and goal formation 187
8 Does group activity make a difference? The case of the
MX missile 190
The policy linkage 190
Lobbying strategy and voting behavior 194
Setting the stage: The battle for the Peacekeeper 196
The role of the MX s opponents 202
Does lobbying make a difference? 203
Measurement and estimation 205
Results 209
The structural determinants of lobbying 215
Conclusions: Voting, lobbying, and public policy 221
9 Does group activity make a difference? The politics of
campaign finance 223
Returning to course 223
Campaign finance, the MX, and Common Cause 224
Charting the divisions 229
Events of 1985 1991 234
The entrepreneurs: Boren and Byrd 235
The first offensive: The push for PAC reform 237
The second offensive: Byrd joins the fray 241
Life after Byrd 244
Common Cause and campaign finance reform 247
Conclusions: Coalition formation and group influence 252
10 Conclusions: Citizens preferences, internal politics, and
public policy 255
x Contents
Interest groups and representation 255
Individual choice, internal politics, and systemic
influence 256
Individual choice behavior 257
Internal politics and goal formation 259
Systemic impact 260
The big picture 262
Linking citizens to policy 262
Viewing organizations 265
Some final thoughts 266
Notes 267
References 293
Index 303
Figures
1.1 Groups and the political system: A schematic page 5
1.2 Common Cause membership over time 11
2.1 Organizational membership as experiential search 25
3.1 Geographic distribution of Common Cause membership
(membership/voting age population) 35
4.1 A model of contribution behavior 76
5.1 Retention predictions and organizational experience 118
6.1 Probability of activism and organizational experience 150
8.1 Determinants of congressional vote choice 197
8.2 Lobbying and fence straddling 219
9.1 Possible campaign finance reform strategies 235
9.2 Support for the Boren initiative 240
Tables
3.1 Common Cause members and the national electorate:
Selected sociodemographic characteristics page 32
3.2 Common Cause members and the national electorate:
General policy preferences 37
3.3 Common Cause members and the national electorate:
Participatory activity 42
3.4 Comparing rank and file and activists: Selected
sociodemographic characteristics 44
3.5 Comparing rank and file and activists: General policy
preferences 48
3.6 Comparing rank and file and activists: Policy preferences on
nongroup issues 49
3.7 Comparing rank and file and activists: Policy preferences on
group issues 52
3.8 Comparing rank and file and activists: Participatory activity 55
4.1 Members proclaimed reasons for joining Common Cause 67
4.2 Sources of initial information about Common Cause 72
4.3 Determinants of group membership (WESML estimates) 79
4.4 Determinants of aggregate membership (group logit estimates) 85
4.5 Determinants of initial membership choice, nonprioritized
model (WESML estimates comparing groups to League of
Women Voters) 89
4.6 Determinants of initial membership choice, prioritized model
(WESML estimates comparing groups to League of Women
Voters) 91
4.7 Classification of initial decisions by group (column/row
percentages) 93
4.8 Tests of Kau and Rubin model (WESML estimates) 97
5.1 Organizational experience and knowledge about group 103
5.2a Organizational experience and group issue opinions
(percentage of Common Cause members without opinions) 105
5.2b Organizational experience and personal issue opinions
(percentage of Common Cause members without opinions) 106
Tables xiii
5.3 Determinants of retention decisions 112
5.4 Cost sensitivity and income level 114
5.5 Retention decisions of newcomers and veterans 119
5.6 Determinants of retention: Four group study (probit estimates
with standard errors in parentheses) 122
6.1 Determinants of checkbook activism (logit estimates) 132
6.2 How contributors became Common Cause activists 141
6.3 Determinants of activism (WESML estimates) 143
6.4 Probability of activism 146
6.5 Determinants of activism: Four group study (probit estimates
with standard errors in parentheses) 153
6.6 Joint determinants of activism and retention: Four group
study (probit estimates with standard errors in parentheses) 155
7.1 Results of issue polls on the appropriate role of Common
Cause: 1987 1991 163
7.2 Members attitudes about internal politics 167
7.3 Members attitudes toward increased defense spending 183
8.1 MX House votes analyzed 207
8.2 Determinants of anti MX voting (HR5167), 1984 (probit
estimates with standard errors in parentheses) 210
8.3 Determinants of anti MX voting (SJRES71 HR1872), 1985
(probit estimates with standard errors in parentheses) 211
8.4 Effects of anti MX lobbying on vote outcomes (estimates of
number of anti MX votes for those lobbied) 214
8.5 Determinants of anti MX lobbying (HR5167), 1984 (probit
estimates with standard errors in parentheses) 216
8.6 Determinants of anti MX lobbying (SJRES71 HR1872), 1985
(probit estimates with standard errors in parentheses) 217
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