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



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Autore: Post Margaret A Visualizza persona
Titolo: Grassroots coalitions and state policy change [[electronic resource] ] : organizing for immigrant health care / / Margaret A. Post Visualizza cluster
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
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-59332-665-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910462555703321
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Serie: New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)