The Koch Effect: The Impact of a Cadre-Led Network on American Politics

Date: 

Friday, February 12, 2016, 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

Room K354, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St.

In Washington, DC and the states, Republicans push unpopular policies – and sometimes also oppose legislation favored by prominent business groups. Why is that? New research highlights resource shifts on the U.S. right and the growing influence of the Koch network, a coordinated set of big donors, lobbying groups, and constituency organizations that now rivals America’s political parties. 

Please join us for the CAPS Seminar with Theda Skocpol and Alex Hertel-Fernandez as they present “The Koch Effect: The Impact of a Cadre-Led Network on American Politics and Policy.” This paper includes early results from a collaborative study of “The Shifting U.S. Political Terrain” under way at Harvard University. Further information and additional publications from the project are available here. Their research on the grassroots mobilizations by the Koch Network was also recently cited in The New Yorker