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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785955103321

Autore

Post Margaret A

Titolo

Grassroots coalitions and state policy change [[electronic resource] ] : organizing for immigrant health care / / Margaret A. Post

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso [Tex.], : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011

ISBN

1-59332-665-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

The new Americans : recent immigration and American society

Disciplina

362.1086/912

Soggetti

Immigrants - Medical care - Massachusetts

Immigrants - Medical care - California

Health services accessibility - Massachusetts

Health services accessibility - California

Pressure groups - Massachusetts

Pressure groups - California

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Organizational Pathways to Political Incorporation: The Role of Coalitions; 3. Immigrant Political Power: Claims-making Coalitions and Policy Outcomes; 4. Research Design for Theory and Practice; 5. Massachusetts and California: 2004-2007; 6. Organizational Analysis: Process and Outcomes; 7, Immigrant Organizations and Policy Change: The Future Role of Coalitions; Appendix 1: Sample Interview Protocols; Appendix 2: Coalition Member Lists; Appendix 3: Profiles of Featured Organizations

Appendix 4: Sample Coalition AgreementsReferences; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Post examines how coalitions build power in the policymaking arena. She focuses on interorganizational partnerships, internal capacity building, and claims-making, and shows that multi-organizational alliances can be intermediary mechanisms for promoting interests and realizing political gains. With case studies from Massachusetts and California between 2004 and 2007, Post investigates how statewide, health policy coalitions incorporate immigrant interests in organizing strategies for policy change. The analysis supports a theoretical



framework of how mediating institutions can facilitate the