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Grassroots coalitions and state policy change : organizing for immigrant health care / Margaret A. Post.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Post, Margaret A.
- Series:
- New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
- The new Americans : recent immigration and American society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--Medical care--Massachusetts.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrants--Medical care--California.
- Health services accessibility--Massachusetts.
- Health services accessibility.
- Health services accessibility--California.
- Pressure groups--Massachusetts.
- Pressure groups.
- Pressure groups--California.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- El Paso [Tex.] : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-59332-665-3
- OCLC:
- 818818847
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