Explaining Aggregate Variation in Social Movement Participation with Novel Data from an American Grassroots Environmental Organization

• In Event: The Impact of Social Movements on Political Participation

Brief Overview

We combine data from an American grassroots environmental group with demographic, economic, and environmental data aggregated to the Congressional district to explain variation in social movements’ mobilization of their constituencies.

Authors

• Patrick Hunnicutt, University of California-Santa Barbara

• Geoffrey Henderson, University of California-Santa Barbara