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Organizational Identity as a Constraint on Strategic Action: A Comparative Analysis of Gay and Lesbian Interest Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2007

Stephen M. Engel
Stephen M. Engel
Affiliation:
Yale University
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Abstract

Interest groups can seek legislative action through state and national legislatures, partnerships with presidents, governors, or mayors for direct executive action, litigation in the state and federal courts, or grassroots mobilization on popular referenda and ballot initiatives. These numerous institutional venues foster various advocacy strategies. How and why do interest groups target different venues to achieve their objectives? What factors affect an interest group's capacity to act within, and thus its subsequent targeting of, particular institutional venues to pursue social reform?

Type
Research Article
Information
Studies in American Political Development , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , March 2007 , pp. 66 - 91
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© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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