Continuing the Collective Action Dilemma: The Survival of Voluntary Associations in the United States

Shaun Bevan

doi:10.1177/1065912912456096

Continuing the Collective Action Dilemma: The Survival of Voluntary Associations in the United States

Shaun Bevan

School of Social and Political Science

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Group populations take many different types of actions in order to influence government, but how those actions are received depends on the traits of group populations. This article uses data on national-level voluntary associations in the United States from 1974 to 1999 to investigate group survival and discuss how it affects representation. The results demonstrate the existence of density dependence, significant positive effects for group-level resources, group-level characteristics, and government attention on group survival. These findings also include counterintuitive significant negative effects for public attention suggesting that increases in public attention lead to group replacement rather than group survival.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	545-558
Journal	Political Research Quarterly
Volume	66
Issue number	3
Early online date	22 Aug 2012
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912912456096
Publication status	Published - 19 Aug 2013

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

Interest groups
representation
organizational ecology
associations

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CAP: Comparative Agendas Project
Bevan, S., Baumgartner, F. R., Jones, B., Walgrave , S. & Green-Pedersen, C.
1/01/93 → …
Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation

2 Article
1 Chapter

When does Government listen to the public? : Voluntary associations & dynamic agenda representation in the United States
Bevan, S. & Rasmussen, A., 17 Feb 2020, In: Policy Studies Journal. 48, 1, p. 111-132
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Gone Fishing: The Creation of the Comparative Agendas Project Master Codebook
Bevan, S., 22 Mar 2019, Comparative Policy Agendas: Theory, Tools, Data. Baumgartner, F., Breunig, C. & Grossman, E. (eds.). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, p. 17-34
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Open Access
File
Understanding selection bias, time-lags and measurement bias in secondary data sources: Putting the Encyclopedia of Associations database in broader context
Bevan, S., Baumgartner, F. R., Johnson, E. & McCarthy, J., 22 Aug 2013, In: Social Science Research. 42, 6, p. 1750-64
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

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When does Government listen to the public? : Voluntary associations & dynamic agenda representation in the United States

Gone Fishing: The Creation of the Comparative Agendas Project Master Codebook

Understanding selection bias, time-lags and measurement bias in secondary data sources: Putting the Encyclopedia of Associations database in broader context

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