Samantha Zuhlke
Biographic Data
| ID | 4122753 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samantha Zuhlke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samantha |
| FAMILY NAME | Zuhlke |
| SIGNATURE | ZUHLKE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iowa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0765-1861 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Birds of a Feather, Flock Together
Research illustrates that a donor’s identity can play a key role in how and to whom they donate. Yet, most research overlooks how racial identity and social context influence giving, particularly during a crisis. Our study examines how race-shaped crisis-relief donations related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement during 2020. We propose that donors will be more likely to donate to causes that mirror their identitie…
Strike While the Iron is Hot
Despite substantial progress on understanding the influence of nonprofits in the policy process, the role of nonprofits in local agenda setting remains under-examined. Policy for land conservation is a key plank in climate change mitigation strategies making the role of land trusts in agenda setting for land conservation votes an important topic. Prior studies demonstrate that temperature anomalies increase the likelihood that climate change poli…
Presidents and nonprofits
Objectives Nonprofits sit at the intersection of policy and politics. Compositional modeling presents an opportunity for nonprofit scholars to investigate trade‐offs within the nonprofit sector. Methods Using U.S. nonprofit and political data from 1993 to 2013, I employ a dynamic pie modeling strategy to illustrate how federal politics affect the composition of the nonprofit sector. Results U.S. federal politics, measured as changes in presidenti…
Potholes, 311 reports, and a theory of heterogeneous resident demand for city services
Understanding the needs of residents is vital in public administration and management, as this helps officials when making choices on policies and service distribution. Increasingly, cities rely on 311 systems to elicit information from residents on emergent needs in particular policy areas (e.g., road quality, pest control). For residents, 311 systems provide a low‐cost means of voicing concerns, whereas for public officials and researchers, the…
The Profits of Distrust
The burgeoning bottled water industry presents a paradox: Why do people choose expensive, environmentally destructive bottled water, rather than cheaper, sustainable, and more rigorously regulated tap water? The Profits of Distrust links citizens' choices about the water they drink to civic life more broadly, marshalling a rich variety of data on public opinion, consumer behavior, political participation, geography, and water quality. Basic servi…
Building Infrastructure to Enhance Diversity in Political Methodology
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Profits of Distrust
Acres for the Affluent
According to the theory of government failure, nonprofit organizations emerge when governments fail to provide goods or services to a public with heterogeneous demands. This study approaches this fundamental theory of the nonprofit sector from a pluralist political viewpoint, marrying the theory of government failure to resource-driven nonprofit arguments via updated modeling and measurement strategies. This article proposes a new, conditional de…
Revisiting the Theory of Government Failure in the Face of Heterogeneous Demands
What explains the development of the nonprofit sector? The classic theory of demand heterogeneity posits the nonprofit sector provides services for those unsatisfied by government service delivery. However, formal tests of this theory have produced conflicting results. This article revisits the theory of demand heterogeneity, refining it to include the mediating effects of government wherein increased diversity leads to lower levels of government…
A warning on separation in multinomial logistic models
Oppenheim et al. (2015) provides the first empirical analysis of insurgent defection during armed rebellion, estimating a series of multinomial logit models of continued rebel participation using a survey of ex-combatants in Colombia. Unfortunately, many of the main results from this analysis are an artifact of separation in these data – that is, one or more of the covariates perfectly predicts the outcome. We demonstrate that this can be identif…
A warning on separation in multinomial logistic models
Oppenheim et al. (2015) provides the first empirical analysis of insurgent defection during armed rebellion, estimating a series of multinomial logit models of continued rebel participation using a survey of ex-combatants in Colombia. Unfortunately, many of the main results from this analysis are an artifact of separation in these data – that is, one or more of the covariates perfectly predicts the outcome. We demonstrate that this can be identif…
Acres for the Affluent
According to the theory of government failure, nonprofit organizations emerge when governments fail to provide goods or services to a public with heterogeneous demands. This study approaches this fundamental theory of the nonprofit sector from a pluralist political viewpoint, marrying the theory of government failure to resource-driven nonprofit arguments via updated modeling and measurement strategies. This article proposes a new, conditional de…
Potholes, 311 reports, and a theory of heterogeneous resident demand for city services
Understanding the needs of residents is vital in public administration and management, as this helps officials when making choices on policies and service distribution. Increasingly, cities rely on 311 systems to elicit information from residents on emergent needs in particular policy areas (e.g., road quality, pest control). For residents, 311 systems provide a low‐cost means of voicing concerns, whereas for public officials and researchers, the…
Building Infrastructure to Enhance Diversity in Political Methodology
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
A warning on separation in multinomial logistic models
Oppenheim et al. (2015) provides the first empirical analysis of insurgent defection during armed rebellion, estimating a series of multinomial logit models of continued rebel participation using a survey of ex-combatants in Colombia. Unfortunately, many of the main results from this analysis are an artifact of separation in these data – that is, one or more of the covariates perfectly predicts the outcome. We demonstrate that this can be identif…
Revisiting the Theory of Government Failure in the Face of Heterogeneous Demands
What explains the development of the nonprofit sector? The classic theory of demand heterogeneity posits the nonprofit sector provides services for those unsatisfied by government service delivery. However, formal tests of this theory have produced conflicting results. This article revisits the theory of demand heterogeneity, refining it to include the mediating effects of government wherein increased diversity leads to lower levels of government…
The Profits of Distrust
The burgeoning bottled water industry presents a paradox: Why do people choose expensive, environmentally destructive bottled water, rather than cheaper, sustainable, and more rigorously regulated tap water? The Profits of Distrust links citizens' choices about the water they drink to civic life more broadly, marshalling a rich variety of data on public opinion, consumer behavior, political participation, geography, and water quality. Basic servi…
Building Infrastructure to Enhance Diversity in Political Methodology
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Profits of Distrust
Acres for the Affluent
According to the theory of government failure, nonprofit organizations emerge when governments fail to provide goods or services to a public with heterogeneous demands. This study approaches this fundamental theory of the nonprofit sector from a pluralist political viewpoint, marrying the theory of government failure to resource-driven nonprofit arguments via updated modeling and measurement strategies. This article proposes a new, conditional de…
Strike While the Iron is Hot
Despite substantial progress on understanding the influence of nonprofits in the policy process, the role of nonprofits in local agenda setting remains under-examined. Policy for land conservation is a key plank in climate change mitigation strategies making the role of land trusts in agenda setting for land conservation votes an important topic. Prior studies demonstrate that temperature anomalies increase the likelihood that climate change poli…
Presidents and nonprofits
Objectives Nonprofits sit at the intersection of policy and politics. Compositional modeling presents an opportunity for nonprofit scholars to investigate trade‐offs within the nonprofit sector. Methods Using U.S. nonprofit and political data from 1993 to 2013, I employ a dynamic pie modeling strategy to illustrate how federal politics affect the composition of the nonprofit sector. Results U.S. federal politics, measured as changes in presidenti…
Potholes, 311 reports, and a theory of heterogeneous resident demand for city services
Understanding the needs of residents is vital in public administration and management, as this helps officials when making choices on policies and service distribution. Increasingly, cities rely on 311 systems to elicit information from residents on emergent needs in particular policy areas (e.g., road quality, pest control). For residents, 311 systems provide a low‐cost means of voicing concerns, whereas for public officials and researchers, the…
Birds of a Feather, Flock Together
Research illustrates that a donor’s identity can play a key role in how and to whom they donate. Yet, most research overlooks how racial identity and social context influence giving, particularly during a crisis. Our study examines how race-shaped crisis-relief donations related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement during 2020. We propose that donors will be more likely to donate to causes that mirror their identitie…
Political science (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (4 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Public economics (3 works) · Social Capital and Networks (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works)