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SUMMARY:The Koch Effect: The Impact of a Cadre-Led Network on American Politics
DESCRIPTION:<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium; color: #000000;">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. </span><br><br><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: medium; color: #000000;">Please join us for the CAPS Seminar with Theda Skocpol and Alex Hertel-Fernandez as they present <a href="http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/sites/default/files/the_koch_effect_for_spsa_w_apps_skocpol_and_hertel-fernandez-corrected_1-27-16_3.pdf"><span style="color: #000000;">“The Koch Effect: The Impact of a Cadre-Led Network on American Politics and Policy.”</span></a> 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 <a href="http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/scholar-spotlight/democracy-under-siege"><span style="color: #000000;">here</span></a>. Their research on the grassroots mobilizations by the Koch Network was also recently cited in <em><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/25/new-koch"><span style="color: #000000;">The New Yorker</span></a></em>. </span></p>
LOCATION:Room K354, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St.
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