Grassroots coalitions and state policy change [[electronic resource] ] : organizing for immigrant health care / / Margaret A. Post
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Post Margaret A
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| Titolo: |
Grassroots coalitions and state policy change [[electronic resource] ] : organizing for immigrant health care / / Margaret A. Post
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| Pubblicazione: | El Paso [Tex.], : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.1086/912 |
| Soggetto topico: | Immigrants - Medical care - Massachusetts |
| Immigrants - Medical care - California | |
| Health services accessibility - Massachusetts | |
| Health services accessibility - California | |
| Pressure groups - Massachusetts | |
| Pressure groups - California | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Grassroots coalitions and state policy change |
| ISBN: | 1-59332-665-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910785955103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)