Working with Friends and Enemies: Lobbying in Coalitions to Kill Legislation

• In Event: All Lobbying is Local: State and Local Lobbying Strategies

Brief Overview

We develop a model to test the propensity of organizations to work with opposing groups, and suggest that these coalitions more likely form to defeat legislation, rather than to promote the passage of policy.

Authors

• Adam J. Newmark, Appalachian State University

• Anthony Nownes, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville