Politics and public policy /
This volume of "Research in Political Sociology" focuses on one of the central themes in political sociology: the relationship between political power and the policy formation process. The first section examines the exercise of power in two distinct policy arenas: the interlocking networks...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bingley, UK :
Emerald JAI,
2008
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Research in political sociology ;
v. 17, |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Politics and Public Policy; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Editorial board; Special reviewers; Preface; Foreword: Politics and public policy; Politics and power in state policy formation; Assessing and elaborating theories of stability and change in capitalist institutions organizations; The effects of power and historical contingencies on political outcomes; Conclusion; Part I: Exercising Power in State Policy Formation; Chapter 1. The interlock structure of the policy-planning network and the right turn in U.S. state policy; Corporate interlocking directorates
- Research on non-corporate interlocks The right turn in U.S. state policy; Data and methods; Findings; Interpretation and historical context; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Appendix A. Standardized overlaps among policy-planning organizations; Appendix B. Hierarchical clustering of policy-planning organizations; Chapter 2. The impact of campaign contributions on policymaking in The U.S. and Canada: Theoretical and public policy implications; Academic debates: Political power structure; Public policy debates: Campaign finance; Campaign contributions and policymaking: Prior work
- Analytic strategies Data, variables, and methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References; Part II: Assessing and Elaborating Theories of Stability and Change in Capitalist Institutions and Organizations; Chapter 3. Institutionalism and capitalism: A dialectical and historical contingency approach; Comparative capitalism theories: Critical reviews; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Part III: The Effects of Power and Historical Contingencies on Political Outcomes; Chapter 4. Changing repertoires of collective action: American general strikes 1877-1946; Methods
- Tactical repertoires and general strikes General conditions and local histories; After 1946: The disappearance of a tactic; Conclusion; Notes; References; Newspapers and Newsletters; Chapter 5. Repression, mobilization, and social policy: The Virginia civil rights movement and the war on poverty; Social movements and social policy; Repression and social policy; Distinguishing types of repression; The War on Poverty: History and measurement; Research design and case selection; Mobilization-countermobilization dynamics in Prince Edward County; Prince Edward's War on Poverty
- Civil rights mobilization and poverty policy in Nottoway County Conclusion; Notes; References; Appendix A. Demographic and political characteristics, Southside Virginia counties, 1950; Appendix B. Acronyms and descriptions for organizations; Appendix C. Index of archival collections; Chapter 6. The politics of street regulation in Philadelphia: How collaboration creates policy alternatives; Introduction; Methods and data; The early problematization of the street population; Conflict brings cooperation; The drive toward development and the collaborative focus on the streets
