Nonprofit Advocacy in the Era of Trump
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13038396 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Meeyoung Lamothe (0000-0003-2201-9012, University of Oklahoma, corresponding author), Vicki Lavastida (University of Oklahoma) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-20 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nonprofit Policy Forum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2154-3348 • E-ISSN: 2194-6035 |
| Publisher | De Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/npf-2020-0018 |
| OpenAlex | W3082150980 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 24 |
The election of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race was said to result in an unprecedented surge in public support for nonprofit advocacy organizations. Given the cyclical nature of public attention to hard-to-solve social problems and the challenges associated with free-riding in collective action, a question arises as to the extent to which such elevated public support sustains itself over time. The purpose of this study is to examine whether local nonprofit advocacy groups experienced a post-election boost for public support and to what extent the increase, if any, sustained itself 18 months or longer after the election. Our study also explores various organizational incentives advocacy groups use to maintain support. We gather data from structured interviews of advocacy organizations in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Our findings suggest that many local advocacy groups did receive enhanced public support in the forms of volunteer requests, donations, and membership immediately after the election and the majority of them were able to retain the support over time. Normative organizational incentives were predominantly used to recruit and retain supporters, while utilitarian incentives, similar to Olson’s selective private benefits, were not commonly adopted
Business · Collective action · Economics · Incentive · Metropolitan area · Normative · Political science · Politics · Presidential election · Public relations · Public support · Law · Medicine · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Administration · Social Capital and Networks · Social Media and Politics
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Do Sociocultural Factors Drive Civic Engagement? An Examination of Political Interest and Religious Attendance
The 2016 United States Election and Financial Support to Migrant-Serving Legal-Aid Organizations
Interviewing as a Data Collection Method
Social Movements and the Dynamics of Collective Action
Organized for Action
American Resistance
The Logic of Collective Action
Revisiting Downs' Issue-Attention Cycle
An Evolutionary Theory of Collective Action
Media Coverage of Public Health Epidemics
Reconceptualizing Collective Action in the Contemporary Media Environment
The Heartland Responds to Terror
Immigration Attention Cycle
Protest Cycles and Political Process
Incentives in Collective Action Organizations
Collective Action and the Group Size Paradox
The Conditions of Protest Behavior in American Cities
A Behavioral Approach to the Rational Choice Theory of Collective Action
Conceptualizing Political Opportunity
Resource Mobilization Theory and the Study of Social Movements
The Rise and Fall of Social Problems
Resource Mobilization and Social Movements
| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |