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How and when do movements matter?
The complex effects of the air quality movement on air pollution policy and emissions, 1940-2001
J. Craig Jenkins – Ohio State University
Anna C. McCreery – Elevate Energy
American Sociological Association annual meeting, 25 Aug 2015, Chicago
Does the movement matter…
�For policy authority?
�For policy implementation?
�For real-world outcomes?
�Are there contingencies and contextual processes that modify the impact of the air quality movement?
Hypotheses
�Stronger air quality movement organization
�Effect(s) magnified when Democrats control the federal government
�Metric: Sierra Club membership
Hypotheses
�Institutional advocacy
�Protest actions
�Reduce emissions/improve
policy when opponents
control federal gov’t
�Backlash when allies are in power
�Metric: advocacy and protest actions
Hypotheses
�Media attention to air pollution:
�Creates political
pressure to reduce it
�Gives visibility to
movement activism
�Metric: Magazine
articles on air pollution/air quality
Hypotheses
�Congressional hearings on air pollution and air quality:
�Create political openings for institutional advocacy
�But also create openings for movement opponents
�Metric: count of Congressional hearings, in both houses
Controls
�Disposable income per capita
�And its squared term
�% of federal income taxes paid by corporations
Policy Authority Metric
�Coded federal legislation1 on 3 criteria:
�Enforcement powers (weighted double the other 2 criteria)
�Scope (broad or narrow)
�Whether $ was earmarked into the bill
�Yearly policy = positive laws - negative laws
1 Reitze, Arnold W. 2001. Air Pollution Control Law: Compliance and Enforcement. Washington D.C.: The Environmental Law Institute.
Policy Implementation
�Good policy needs funding for enforcement
�Metric:
�1940-1969: $ earmarked into legislation
�1970-2001: EPA funds for air pollution control
Air Pollution
�Index: Sulfur dioxide (SO2), Carbon Monoxide (CO), and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
�Cronbach’s alpha=0.941
Air Pollution
-2.5
-2
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
1940
1944
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
Sta
nd
ard
ize
d e
mis
sio
ns
Air pollution index CO SO2 VOCs
Methodology
�Annual time-series
�Prais-Winsten regression to control for 1st-order autoregressive disturbances
�All IVs lagged 1 year
Results: Policy Authority
Protest * Democratic Control
Magazine articles
CongressionalHearings
Policy Authority
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+
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Controls not included for simplicity
Results: Regulation Budget
Policy Implementation(Regulation budget)
Advocacy
Controls not included for simplicity
+
Results: Air Pollutant Emissions
Air PollutantEmissions
Regulation budget -
Controls not included for simplicity
Advocacy *Magazine articles
Advocacy *Congressional hearings
Protest *Congressional hearings
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Conclusions
�Context matters
�Air quality movement matters, but indirectly and only under favorable political circumstances
Acknowledgements
Colleagues
Dr. Robert Brulle
Dr. Jon Agnone
Dr. Jason Carmichael
Funding & Resources
Ohio State University Dept. of Sociology
The Fay Graduate Fellowship Fund in Environmental Sciences
NSF Grant #SES-0455215, “Civil Society & the Environment”
Appendix: Policy authority coding
Earmarked funds Point scale
None 0
<$20 million in real 2013 dollars 1
>$20 million in real 2013 dollars 2
Enforcement Powers Point scale
None 0
Tax incentives 2
Other enforcement 4
Improved enforcement 6-10
Scope Point scale
Very narrow 0
Narrow 1
Moderate 2
Broad 4-6
Very broad 8-10