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Stakeholder Participation and Strategy in Rulemaking: A Comparative Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Deserai A. Crow Open the ORCID record for Deserai A. Crow [Opens in a new window] ,
Elizabeth A. Albright  and
Elizabeth A. Koebele
Deserai A. Crow*
Affiliation:
University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA
Elizabeth A. Albright
Affiliation:
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Elizabeth A. Koebele
Affiliation:
University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada
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Deserai A. Crow, School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado 80217-3364, USA. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Integrating a diversity of stakeholder voices in policymaking processes can lead to more legitimate and widely supported laws and rules. While most attention to stakeholder participation in public decision processes has focused on legislative policymaking or the role of industry stakeholders in regulatory processes, strategic choices about participation by non-industry stakeholders in rulemaking remains largely overlooked, particularly at the state level. Previous research shows that agency rulemaking processes often provide greater procedural access to industry actors, who may significantly influence final rule content by bringing greater technical knowledge to bear on rulemaking processes. Less is understood about the strategies used by non-industry stakeholders, such as environmental advocacy groups, to influence regulatory decisions. This study, which compares environmental rulemaking processes across three issues in five states, finds that industry actors and environmental advocacy groups both use a variety of participation strategies classically thought to be “insider” and “outsider” strategies, and that these choices are motivated by reasons other than the perceived effectiveness of the strategy within the formal rulemaking process.

Keywords

political participationpolitical behaviorlobbyingparties and interest groupsenvironmental policypublic policypublic administrationinterest groups
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Research Article
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State Politics & Policy Quarterly , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , June 2019 , pp. 208 - 235
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2019

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