An examination of organized interest activity was probed using the subnational political environment of Florida. Ordinal and interval level data were used from a respondent based survey instrument developed and conducted in Tallahassee, Florida. The main research thrust was to create an organized interest typology based upon activity used by groups in Florida. / A factor analysis search for factors based upon the priority of various activities yielded four activity factors--a Financial Action Factor, an Electoral Factor, a Policy Factor, and a Legislative Factor. These extracted factors were discussed in relation to existing literature in the field surrounding organized interest activities. / A series of multiple regression procedures were examined using the newly extracted factors as dependent variables, and by creating indicator variables to represent various categories or group types in the data. While the results fell short of the desired goal of building a new subnational typology based upon activity, some insightful results were obtained. It was found that trade associations in Florida have a greater likelihood of being involved in financial action activities than other groups. Trade associations and labor groups were also found to be more highly involved than other group types in electoral activities such as creating political action committees. The results of this study were placed within the extant literature in the subfield of interest group politics and discussed. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-10, Section: A, page: 3709. / Major Professor: Douglas St. Angelo. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1991.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76503 |
| Contributors | Decker, James David., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 137 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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