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NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
OUTCOMES: A SYSTEMATIC INQUIRY INTO THE ROLE OF DIFFERENT TYPES
OF NONPROFITS TO INFLUENCE THE PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
by
Amna Imam
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(POLICY, PLANNING, AND DEVELOPMENT)
August 2009
Copyright 2009 Amna Imam
Object Description
| Title | Nonprofit organizations and the environmental policy outcomes: a systematic inquiry into the role of different types of nonprofits to influence the processes and outcomes of the environmental policy |
| Author | Imam, Amna |
| Author email | amna.imam@gmail.com; amnaimampk@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Policy, Planning & Development |
| School | School of Policy, Planning, and Development |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-05-19 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-08-10 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Banerjee, Tridib |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Mazmanian, Daniel Meshkati, Najmeddin Craik, Kenneth |
| Abstract | This dissertation breaks new grounds by investigating the role of different types of nonprofits in influencing the environmental policy outcomes. It explores the role of environmental ethics of nonprofits in their influence on environmental policy outcomes. Using Environmental Response Inventory (ERI) survey instrument (McKechnie, 1974), it empirically approximates the values for the environmental ethics of five types of nonprofits (environmental, fraternal, professional, religious and social services). It shows that social services nonprofits which are slightly more ecocentric than other types of nonprofits are significantly related to reduced levels of air pollution over time at the local level. The efforts of environmental NPOs at the state and federal levels seem to support and are supported by the implementation efforts of social services NPOs at the local level to improve environmental quality.; On the methodological front, this research employs the amount of carbon monoxide in air as the dependent variable and a measure of policy outcomes. Developing a comprehensive empirical model which includes most of the variables indicated by the literature to impact air quality, as well as the nonprofits at the local level, it shows that nonprofits are significantly related to levels of carbon monoxide pollution in air at the local level. Using a time series model extended over 5 years, it demonstrates that social services nonprofits in particular are strongly related to the improvement in carbon monoxide pollution in air at the zip code level.; Although ample literature exists on the role of nonprofits in policy formulation, not much is reported on the role of nonprofits in policy implementation. Drawing from the policy implementation theories of top-down (Mazmanian and Sabatier, 1989) and bottom-up (Lipsky, 1980), this research demonstrates, using data from Southern California, that nonprofits employ different combinations of both top-down and bottom-up channels of influencing policy implementation at the individual level. At the network level nonprofits of different kinds use the strategies of collaboration, confrontation and networking with public agencies to influence policy implementation. The differences in strategies of different types of NPOs are attributable to the differences in the emphasis of their service delivery and advocacy efforts. |
| Keyword | nonprofit; environment; policy; policy outcomes; policy implementation |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2539 |
| Rights | Imam, Amna |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Imam-3021 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume23/etd-Imam-3021.pdf |
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| Full text | NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY OUTCOMES: A SYSTEMATIC INQUIRY INTO THE ROLE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF NONPROFITS TO INFLUENCE THE PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY by Amna Imam A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (POLICY, PLANNING, AND DEVELOPMENT) August 2009 Copyright 2009 Amna Imam |
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