Who lobbies the lobbyists? State Medicaid bureaucrats’ engagement in the legislative process
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6296183 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katharine W V Bradley (Mathematica Policy Research), Jake Haselswerdt (0000-0002-8527-0506, University of Missouri) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-111 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-814X • E-ISSN: 1469-7815 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0143814x16000246 |
| OpenAlex | W2564338490 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 41 |
Research on bureaucratic power typically focusses on rulemaking and policy implementation, while bureaucrats’ participation in the legislative process remains underexplored. We theorise and test a specific mechanism by which bureaucrats attempt to sway legislative outcomes, which we termindirect bureaucratic lobbying. Using a novel survey of state-based health lobbyists in 25 states, we show that state Medicaid agency staff routinely request lobbying assistance from provider associations and consumer advocates. We also provide the first systematic evidence of the conditions under which indirect bureaucratic lobbying is likely to occur. Our results suggest that individual-level policy agreement interacts with institutional factors, most notably agency performance and gubernatorial power, to increase the likelihood that bureaucrats will use this strategy to attempt to influence legislative deliberations
Agency (philosophy · Bureaucracy · Economics · Health care · Legislature · Medicaid · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Public economics · Rulemaking · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
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Groups as Lawmakers
Bureaucrats as Lawmakers
Gaining access
The end of liberalism
The Power of American Governors
The Dynamics of Bureaucracy in the U.S. Government
The Forging of Bureaucratic Autonomy
Deliberate Discretion?
Politics in the American States
Sampling Rare Populations
Policy change and learning
Agendas, alternatives, and public policies
The New American Political System
State Building through Reputation Building
The Politics of Information
Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies
The decision to lobby bureaucrats
Promoting Participation? An Examination of Rulemaking Notification and Access Procedures
An advocacy coalition framework of policy change and the role of policy-oriented learning therein
Measuring State Legislative Professionalism
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The Value of Biased Information
The Problem of Bureaucratic Government
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Business as usual
Interest Groups in the Rule-Making Process
Bureaucratic Effectiveness and Influence in the Legislature
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Bureaucratic Professionalization and the Limits of the Political Control Thesis
The Institutional Dynamics of Policy Administration
Counteractive Lobbying
Subgovemments as Determinants of Political Viability
Administrative Procedures and Political Control of the Bureaucracy
Lobbying as Legislative Subsidy
Organized Interests and the Decision of Whom to Lobby in Congress
Snowball Sampling
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |