Format:
Online-Ressource (vii, 319 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0816644802
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0816644799
Series Statement:
Social movements, protest, and contention v. 23
Content:
Capturing both successes and failures, Routing the Opposition focuses on strategies that transform social movements and guide the development of public policy, revealing what happens when the different organizational cultures of activists and public policy makers interact
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Papers presented at a conference held in Laguna Beach, Calif. in January 2002
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Social Movements and Public Policy: Eggs, Chicken, and Theory; Part I. Context Matters and Patterns of Influence: Agendas and Alliances; 1. Political Contexts, Challenger Strategies, and Mobilization: Explaining the Impact of the Townsend Plan; 2. Social Movements, the Rise of New Issues, and the Public Agenda; 3. Velcro Triangles: Elite Mobilization of Local Antidrug Issue Coalitions; Part II. The Social Movement-State Nexus: The Structure and Consequences of Interpenetration
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4. Creating Credible Edibles: The Organic Agriculture Movement and the Emergence of U.S. Federal Organic Standards5. Inside and Outside the State: Movement Insider Status, Tactics, and Public Policy Achievements; 6. The Policy Nexus: Professional Networks and the Formulation and Adoption of Workers' Compensation Reforms; Part III. The Nature of the Field: Impacts on Participation, Mobilization, and Identity; 7. Policy Feedback Effects for Collective Action: Lessons from Veterans' Programs; 8. Rights without Citizenship: Activist Politics and Prison Reform in the United States
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9. Policy Threats and Social Movement Coalitions: California's Campaign to Restore Legal Immigrants' Rights to WelfareConclusion. Social Movements, Public Policy, and Democracy: Rethinking the Nexus; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780816644797
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Routing the Opposition : Social Movements, Public Policy, and Democracy
Language:
English
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