Greening the Congressional record
Environmental Social Movements and Expertise-Based Access to the Policy Process
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4995446 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Scott C Ganz (0000-0002-4809-0688, Georgia Institute of Technology, corresponding author), Sarah A Soule (Stanford University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 685-706 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644016.2019.1565463 |
| OpenAlex | W2911461888 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 68 |
A new dataset of organizational testimony at U.S. Congressional hearings on environmental protection is used to examine how social movement organizations use issue expertise to gain access to the policy process. Environmental movement organizations (EMOs) are shown to testify in greater numbers at hearings that consider proposed legislation, compared to hearings that are exploratory or investigatory in nature. The increased representation at legislative hearings is unique to EMOs; other kinds of organizations do not obtain similar increases in legislative access. These findings suggest that, due to their scientific expertise and perceived legitimacy, EMOs receive privileged access to the policy process relative to other organizations affected by environmental policy and at a later stage than has been proposed by prior work examining social movement access to the policy process
Environmental movement · Legislation · Legislative process · Legislature · Legitimacy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social movement · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Engineering · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
The hollow core
The Making of Green Knowledge
Basic Interests
Information and Legislative Organization
Networks in Contention
Environmental Movements
New Social Movements In Western Europe
The Political Power of Protest
A Hero for the Aged? The Townsend Movement, the Political Mediation Model, and U.S. Old-Age Policy, 1934-1950
Contention and Corporate Social Responsibility
Managing the Environment, Managing Ourselves
A Theory of Policy Expertise
NGO Influence in the Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol
Policy-makers perspectives on credibility, relevance and legitimacy (CRELE)
How science makes environmental controversies worse
Environmental issues
The Political Impact of Technical Expertise
Trading information for access
The Logic of Access to the European Parliament
Insider and Outsider Lobbying of the European Commission
Exchanging access goods for access
Gaining and seeking access
Environmental public opinion in U.S. states, 1973–2012
Advocacy Organizations in the U.S. Political Process
Protest Events
How Movements Win
A Global Network? Transnational Cooperation among Environmental Groups
Loud and Clear
Introduction
Social Movement Policy Success
The Complex Agenda-Setting Power of Protest
Interest Group Resources and Testimony at Congressional Hearings
Institutional Context, Organizational Resources and Strategic Choices
Nonlegislative Hearings and Policy Change in Congress
Changing Minds
Information and Congressional Hearings
The Power of Peers
Toward Better Theories of the Policy Process
Exploring the framing power of NGOs in global climate politics
When Do Movements Matter? The Politics of Contingency and the Equal Rights Amendment
Environmental NGOs at a crossroads
Taming the Climate? Corpus analysis of politicians' speech on climate change
Stolen Thunder? Huey Long's "Share Our Wealth," Political Mediation, and the Second New Deal
Friends of the Earth as a policy entrepreneur
Demonstrating Power
The organisation of denial
Authority, strategy, and influence
Environmental diplomacy
Why does the United States lack a global warming policy? The corporate inner circle versus public interest sector elites
Spatial Models of Delegation
Cross-Cutting Influences of Environmental Protest and Legislation
Winning Woman Suffrage One Step at a Time
Protest and Policymaking
Going to the Chapel? Same-Sex Marriage Bans in the United States, 1973-2000
The Political Consequences of Social Movements
Embodied health movements
The Stages of the Policy Process and the Equal Rights Amendment, 1972-1982
The Outcomes of Homeless Mobilization
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |