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Lobbying and emergency management in the United States: Issues, priorities and implications
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posted on 2023-11-13, 23:56 authored by Thomas JamiesonThomas Jamieson, HM Louis-CharlesRecent scholarship has explored the impact of interest groups on policy in the United States. However, little remains known about lobbying efforts and their effects in emergency management. Through analysis of a large data set of declared political activities from 1999 to 2020, we describe lobbying efforts in disaster planning and emergencies. Our findings suggest that lobbying efforts and expenditure are positively associated with appropriations (but not disaster incidence or severity), that corporations and trade associations are the organizations most involved in lobbying and that many of these efforts appear to be aimed at impacting legislation and the procurement of public funds for recovery efforts. We also find that only a minuscule number of lobbying efforts are related to socially vulnerable populations or social equity concerns. Collectively, these insights raise important questions about this process, demonstrating the need for further research to better understand lobbying and emergency management in the United States across all phases of the disaster life cycle.
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Jamieson, T. & Louis-Charles, H. M. (2023). Lobbying and emergency management in the United States: Issues, priorities and implications. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 31(2), 300-307. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.12439Publisher DOI
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Journal of Contingencies and Crisis ManagementVolume
31Issue
2Publication date
2023-06-01Pagination
300-307Publisher
WileyPublication status
PublishedOnline publication date
2022-11-19ISSN
0966-0879eISSN
1468-5973Language
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disaster planningemergenciesemergency managementlobbyingpublic expenditurerecovery35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services44 Human Society3507 Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour4407 Policy and Administration4408 Political Science4203 Health services and systems4206 Public health3503 Business systems in context3505 Human resources and industrial relationsBusiness & Management