Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 281 pages)
ISBN:
9780226829883
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022682988X
Series Statement:
Chicago Studies in American Politics Series
Content:
"While government policies can build supportive coalitions, they can also mobilize powerful opposition forces. What causes backlashes in the American political system? Why do some policies generate resistance among political elites and mass publics? Drawing on case studies of key issues from immigration and trade to healthcare and gun control, Eric Patashnik explores how policies stimulate backlashes by imposing losses, overreaching, or challenging existing arrangements to which people are strongly attached. He argues that backlash politics is fueled by polarization, changes in American culture and society, and the negative feedback from activist government itself. Countermobilization shows that backlashes arise when policy motives, constituency means, and political opportunities converge, and debunks the claim that backlash politics is exclusively a right-wing phenomenon. It is essential reading for scholars and practitioners of U.S. politics and public policy, offering practical lessons for anyone who wishes to identify backlash risks-and design against them"--
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- 1. Understanding Policy Backlash -- 2. An Overview of Backlash Politics -- 3. First Do No (Political) Harm: Backlash Forces in U.S. Health Policymaking -- 4. Trade, Immigration, and the Antiglobalization Backlash -- 5. Backlash at the Grassroots: Segregated Private Schools, Gun Control, and Transgender Rights -- 6. Where's the Backlash? The Air Traffic Controllers, the S&L Crisis, and Benefits for Drug Felons -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226829890
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226829876
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Patashnik, Eric M. Countermobilization Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2023 ISBN 9780226829876
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226829890
Language:
English
