Collaborative Research: The Role of Elites, Organizations, and Movements in Reshaping Politics and Policymaking

可以说，当前的政治气候是三个看似不同但又相互关联的持续现象的作用：(1)充满争议、充满问题的政治环境，(2)推动前所未有的参与度和投票率的草根组织，以及(3)围绕长期存在的政策不满推动言论、偏好和改革的全国性运动。尽管疫情肆虐，但充满争议的政治和充满活力的选民的结合可能会导致创纪录的投票率。PIs调查了美国政治的这些特征如何塑造公共和机构政治行为。该项目旨在建立一个网络和支持性基础设施，以更好地了解关键政治地点的政治精英、组织和运动如何推动参与、偏好和政策制定。该项目考察了两个广泛的研究问题。第一个问题是：组织和社会运动如何在大众中调解政治偏好和政策议程？第二，它感兴趣的是组织和社会运动之间的合作，以及这些互动如何塑造传统和非传统的政治参与形式。这项研究综合运用了定量(调查、调查实验、选民数据分析、社交媒体分析和社会网络分析)和定性(人种学观察、内容分析、精英访谈和焦点小组)的方法来回答这些问题。这项研究考察了几个转型州和直辖市在两个选举期间的政治活动。这项研究的更广泛影响是多方面的。首先，它连接了来自不同机构的学者网络。该项目在伙伴机构建立关键基础设施，以促进数据收集和分析。也就是说，(1)建立流动研究实验室，旨在抗议和组织集会期间进行快速反应调查，(2)在两个少数群体服务机构建立数据分析中心，(3)为边缘化和服务不足群体的学生提供尖端培训、工具和专业资源。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Arguably, the current political climate is the function of three seemingly distinct, yet interrelated, ongoing phenomena: (1) a contentious, problem-laden political environment, (2) grassroots organizations driving unprecedented levels of engagement and turnout, and (3) national movements driving discourse, preferences, and reform around long-held policy grievances. The combination of contentious politics and an energized electorate can result in record turnout despite a raging pandemic. The PIs examine how these features of the American polity shape public and institutional political behaviors. The project aims to build a network, and supportive infrastructure, to better understand how political elites, organizations, and movements in key political locations work to drive participation, preferences, and policymaking. The project examines two broad research questions. The first question is: How do organizations and social movements mediate political preferences and policy agendas amongst the mass public? Second, it is interested in the collaboration between organizations and social movements and how these interactions shape traditional and untraditional forms of political participation. The study draws on a comprehensive mixture of quantitative (surveys, survey experiments, voter data analysis, social media analysis, and social network analysis) and qualitative (ethnographic observations, content analysis, elite interviews, and focus groups) methodological approaches to answer these questions. This study examines political activities during two electoral periods in several transformative states and municipalities. The broader impacts of the study are numerous. First, it connects a network of scholars from a diverse set of institutions. The project builds critical infrastructure at partner institutions to facilitate data collection and analysis. Namely, it (1) builds mobile research labs designed to conduct rapid response surveys during protests and organizational rallies, and (2) establishes data analysis centers at two minority serving institutions, and (3) provides cutting-edge training, tools, and professional resources to students from marginalized and underserved groups.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.