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Religious Democratic Participation and Corporate Interests Public Deposited

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  • This thesis begins by recognizing that outsized corporate influence on public policy is a problem which must be fixed. I then propose that Religion-Affiliated Activist Organizations (“RAAOs”) are suited to reintroduce non-corporate agendas to the policy arena because of their metaphysically-grounded motivations, existing leadership structures, and community ties. As support, I cite scholarship in religious studies and my interviews with RAAO leaders to demonstrate how these characteristics have led to the reintroduction of non-corporate voices into policy debates generally and in the context of immigration. I conclude by addressing counterarguments and reflecting on the analysis’s implications.
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  • 2019
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  • 2019-11-18
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