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

 



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 **February 12, 2016** 

 02:00PM - 04:00PM EST 

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 **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.”](http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/sites/default/files/the_koch_effect_for_spsa_w_apps_skocpol_and_hertel-fernandez-corrected_1-27-16_3.pdf) 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](http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/scholar-spotlight/democracy-under-siege). Their research on the grassroots mobilizations by the Koch Network was also recently cited in *[The New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/25/new-koch)*.



 

 



 

 

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