Journal article
State lobbying registration by Native American tribes
Politics, Groups, and Identities, Vol.3(4), pp.633-648
10/02/2015
DOI: 10.1080/21565503.2015.1048256
Abstract
The forms of political participation utilized by Indian nations have changed dramatically since the passage of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in 1988. The emergence and expansion of Indian gaming since then have provided tribes with an increased motivation to interact on a government-to-government basis with state governments; it has also provided them with the financial resources to do so in myriad new ways. During this period, tribes have increased their presence in state capitals through direct lobbying. In this paper, we study tribes' decision to lobby state governments. In particular, we are interested in the role of tribal resources and gaming operations in determining which tribes decide to register to lobby state governments. Using Gray and Lowery's data set that list all lobbying registrations in the 50 states from 1997 to 1999 and the year 2007, we find significant variation in lobbying registrations among Indian nations. We model the lobbying registration decision at the tribal and state levels, using data on gaming compacts and amendments, tribal resources and state characteristics.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- State lobbying registration by Native American tribes
- Creators
- Frederick J Boehmke - Department of Political Science, University of IowaRichard Witmer - Department of Political Science and International Relations, Creighton University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Politics, Groups, and Identities, Vol.3(4), pp.633-648
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.1080/21565503.2015.1048256
- ISSN
- 2156-5503
- eISSN
- 2156-5511
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/02/2015
- Academic Unit
- Political Science; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9983920521402771
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