Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Carberry, Mark E.
URN	etd-11102008-111846
Title	Vertical Diffusion, Interest Groups, and Activities of State Governments
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Political Science, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Carol Weissert Committee Chair Charles Barrilleaux Committee Member William Weissert Committee Member
Keywords	Vertical Diffusion Policy Diffusion Interest Groups State Government
Date of Defense	2008-11-07
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract How does legislation get from one level of government to a higher level? This paper examines the role of organized interest groups in the process known as upward vertical policy diffusion between the state and the national levels of government. Specifically, does policy vertically diffuse when state governments act in ways contrary to what interest groups want? Using an original data set from U.S. Congressional hearing testimony on Public Law 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, I will be able to test the outcomes of states actions that run in opposition to the outcomes interest groups want and, further, whether interest groups take their case to the U.S. government.
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