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Record Nr.

UNINA9910746069803321

Titolo

Interest groups in U.S. local politics / / Sarah Anzia, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

3-031-37626-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 133 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

320.80973

Soggetti

Pressure groups - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Interest groups in US local politics: Introduction to the special issue -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The engagement and influence of local interest groups-and the constraints they face -- Ideology and the structure of politics: How local politics is different -- Conclusion -- References -- Developing a pro-housing movement? Public distrust of developers, fractured coalitions, and the challenges of measuring political power -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Anti-growth politics and the power of developers -- Perceptions of developers -- Community vs. profit meeting dynamics -- Local leaders and developers -- Barriers to coalition-building -- The challenge of evaluating developer power -- Developers at public meetings -- Developers in political campaigns -- Conclusion -- References -- Politics, power, and precarity: how tenant organizations transform local political life -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Housing, power, and local politics -- Tenant organizations: a hybrid political formation -- Research process and method -- The origins of tenant organizations -- Personal experience as a catalyst for tenant organizing -- Political ideas as a catalyst for organizing -- The structure of tenant organizations -- Funding mechanisms and organizational autonomy -- Decision making processes -- How tenant organizations engage local politics -- Withdrawal: stepping into people power -- Integration: taking over the rent board -- Oppositional engagement: shutting down court -- Conclusion and future directions -- References -- Teachers' unions and school



board elections: a reassessment -- Abstract -- Why local education politics still matter -- Relevant literature -- A new study -- Data and sample construction -- Results -- Multivariate analysis -- Robustness tests -- Do union endorsements really make the difference?.

Conclusion and discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Interest groups, local politics, and police unions -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Interest groups, local politics, and policing -- Police unions as interest groups -- Government costs and police behavior -- Looking ahead -- References -- PACs rule everything around me: how political action committees shape elections and policy in the local context -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Local PACs: learning from parties and interest groups -- PACs: borrowing from political parties -- Durham, NC: an overview -- Durham PACs as parties -- 2017: Meet the candidates -- Data and methods -- PACs and organizational influence -- PACs rule everything around me -- References -- The age of urban advocacy -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Barriers to entry -- Mobilization and citizen participation -- The politics of place -- Next stages -- References.