Citizen Lobbyists [[electronic resource] ] : Local Efforts to Influence Public Policy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784267003321
• Autore: Adams Brian
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008
• ISBN: 1-281-09379-3; 9786611093792; 1-59213-571-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 322.4; 324/.40973
• Soggetti: Citizen participation; Lobbying - California - Santa Ana - Citizen participation; Lobbying - United States - States - Citizen participation; Lobbying; Local government - United States; Local government; Santa Ana (Calif.) - Politics and government; States; Lobbying - Citizen participation - States - United States; Local government - Citizen participation - United States; Lobbying - California - Santa Ana; Government - U.S; Law, Politics & Government; State Government - U.S
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; PART I. Introduction; 1 Citizen Lobbyists; 2 Citizen Efforts to Influence Local Policy: A Review of the Literature; PART II. Participation Across Local Policies; 3 Policy Characteristics and Patterns of Participation; 4 Policy Entrepreneurs and the Opportunity to Participate; 5 Local Newspapers and Participation; 6 Social Conflict and ; Participation; PART III. How Citizens Participate; 7 Participatory Strategies and Tactics; 8 Public Meetings and the Democratic Process; 9 The Political Value of Social Networks; PART IV. Conclusion; 10 The Practice of Local Democracy; Appendix: Policies Discussed by Interview RespondentsNotes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Citizen Lobbyists explores how U.S. citizens participate in local government. Although many commentators have lamented the apathy of the American citizenry, Brian Adams focuses on what makes ordinary Americans become involved in and attempt to influence public policy issues that concern them. It connects theory and empirical data in a new and revealing way, providing both a thorough review of the relevant scholarly discussions and a detailed case study of citizen engagement in the politics of Santa Ana, a mid-sized Southern California city. After interviewing more than fifty resid