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IPR Seminar, Dean Jan Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University

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February 7, 2017
12:30PM - 1:30PM
038 Townshend Hall

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Add to Calendar 2017-02-07 12:30:00 2017-02-07 13:30:00 IPR Seminar, Dean Jan Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University Title Ego-ERGMs & Role Analysis: Environmental Interest Group CoalitionsAbstract: "Interest groups take on varying roles that are critical to the overall success of the coalition. We drill down into the different roles within a coalition of environmental interest groups by using network data generated by co-authorship of amicus curiae briefs. These coalitions and their roles are modeld using the ego-ERGM, which allows scholars to take the roles within a network as the dependent variable, and examine the effects of exogenous and endogenous factors on the prevalence of those specific ego-centered roles. In doing so we answer three important questions motivated by rich theoretical literature: First, which coalition roles exist within environmental lobbying coalitions? Second, what is the relative importance of each role? Third, which factors predict if an organization is more or less likely to take on a particular role? We find that a group's budget and eigenvector centrality are particularly influential in determining between three role assignments. These findings provide insight into the distinct roles interest groups serve in carrying out coalition tasks."Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier is Divisional Dean for Social and Behavorial Sciences and Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science and Professor of Sociology (courtesy) The Ohio State University. (Ph.D., Texas, 1993.)Benjamin W. Campbell is a Doctoral Candidate, Department of Political Science, The Ohio State University  038 Townshend Hall Institute for Population Research popcenter@osu.edu America/New_York public

Title Ego-ERGMs & Role Analysis: Environmental Interest Group Coalitions

Abstract: "Interest groups take on varying roles that are critical to the overall success of the coalition. We drill down into the different roles within a coalition of environmental interest groups by using network data generated by co-authorship of amicus curiae briefs. These coalitions and their roles are modeld using the ego-ERGM, which allows scholars to take the roles within a network as the dependent variable, and examine the effects of exogenous and endogenous factors on the prevalence of those specific ego-centered roles. In doing so we answer three important questions motivated by rich theoretical literature: First, which coalition roles exist within environmental lobbying coalitions? Second, what is the relative importance of each role? Third, which factors predict if an organization is more or less likely to take on a particular role? We find that a group's budget and eigenvector centrality are particularly influential in determining between three role assignments. These findings provide insight into the distinct roles interest groups serve in carrying out coalition tasks."

Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier is Divisional Dean for Social and Behavorial Sciences and Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science and Professor of Sociology (courtesy) The Ohio State University. (Ph.D., Texas, 1993.)

Benjamin W. Campbell is a Doctoral Candidate, Department of Political Science, The Ohio State University