This paper investigates the beliefs and framing strategies of interest groups during a period
of policy change and the factors explaining policy change. We develop propositions to …

This article presents a summary review of the voluntary sector literature on third sector
organizations (TSOs) and climate change. As governments around the world fail to respond …

This article analyses the preferred advocacy strategies of industry representatives and
environmentalists in the conflict over oil and gas drilling in the state of Colorado. Environmental …

Renewable portfolio standards (RPS) are an important policy tool for reducing carbon emissions
and advancing the global shift toward renewable energy. As the US federal government …

This article compares the topics that underlie public debate around hydraulic fracturing
covered in newspapers across nine US states over an eleven-year period. In analyzing more …

This study explores the concept of representation from the perspectives of environmental
nonprofits. While nonprofits often serve as intermediaries between the public and government, …

This article explores the advocacy tactics that nonprofit organizations use to influence
environmental policy across five venues: legislatures, regulatory agencies, courts, ballot boxes, …

While receiving more attention in the policy sciences in recent years, much remains unknown
about policy conflicts. This research analyzes 48 in-depth qualitative interviews of people …

In this paper, we ask how the written composition of public policies structure an environmental
governance system. We answer this question using semi-automated text analyses of 22 …

This paper portrays a polycentric governance system by exploring the evolution of its
structure and the interdependencies of its policymaking venues. It utilizes a semi-automated …