LEADER 04086oam 2200409 450 001 9910746069803321 005 20231025205958.0 010 $a3-031-37626-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30745858 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30745858 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928234561800041 100 $a20230929d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aInterest groups in U.S. local politics /$fSarah Anzia, editor 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cMacmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan,$d[2023] 210 4$d©2023 215 $a1 online resource (v, 133 pages) $cillustrations 311 08$aPrint version: Anzia, Sarah Interest Groups in U. S. Local Politics Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2023 9783031376252 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntro -- 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?. 327 $aConclusion 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. 606 $aPressure groups$zUnited States 615 0$aPressure groups 676 $a320.80973 702 $aAnzia$b Sarah 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910746069803321 996 $aInterest groups in U.S. local politics$93572645 997 $aUNINA