Representational roles of nonprofit organizations in policy advocacy
dc.contributor.advisor | Lenkowsky, Leslie, 1946- | |
dc.contributor.author | Yoshioka, Takayuki | |
dc.contributor.other | Carmines, Edward G. | |
dc.contributor.other | Hershey, Marjorie Randon | |
dc.contributor.other | Perry, James L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-29T19:10:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-01-29T19:10:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-01-29 | |
dc.degree.date | 2012 | en_US |
dc.degree.discipline | School of Liberal Arts | en |
dc.degree.grantor | Indiana University | en_US |
dc.degree.level | Ph.D. | en_US |
dc.description | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This research explores what roles nonprofits play in political representation by applying the concept of the representational role to nonprofits. The representational role consists of representational focus and style. Representational focus shows those whom nonprofits aim to serve: members, constituents, or the general public. Representational style denotes the ways nonprofits advocate for their focal groups: the delegation, trusteeship, and educational styles. The survey and regression analysis results demonstrate that nonprofits serving their members are most likely to convey their members’ voices directly to policy makers: the delegation style. In contrast, nonprofits advocating for their constituents are likely to pursue what they independently identify as the interests of their constituents: the trusteeship style. Finally, nonprofits speaking for the general public are most likely to work toward educating the general public: the educational style. These results suggest that nonprofits play different roles in political representation, depending on the types of their focal groups. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1805/3898 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.7912/C2/599 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | Nonprofit | en_US |
dc.subject | Representation | en_US |
dc.subject | Advocacy | en_US |
dc.subject | Delegation | en_US |
dc.subject | Trusteeship | en_US |
dc.subject | Education | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Public interest groups -- Education -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Lobbying -- United States -- Evaluation | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Pressure groups -- Research | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Trusts and trustees -- Research -- Analysis | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Nonprofit organizations -- Political activity -- Law and legislation | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Social sciences -- Research -- United States -- Methodology | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Interorganizational relations -- Research -- United States -- Methodology | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Representative government and representation -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Constituent power -- Research -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Nonprofit organizations -- Political activity -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Political activity -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | United States -- Politics and government -- Research | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Regression analysis -- Research -- United States | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Delegation of authority -- Research -- United States -- Evaluation | en_US |
dc.title | Representational roles of nonprofit organizations in policy advocacy | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en |