Still a hollow hope : state power and the Second Amendment / Anthony Cooling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooling, Anthony, author.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Constitution--2nd Amendment--History.

United States.

United States. Supreme Court.

Law--Social aspects--United States.

Law.

Gun control--United States.

Gun control.

State, The.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 354 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2022.

Summary:

The U.S. Supreme Court increasingly matters in American political life when those across the political spectrum look at the Court for relief from policies they oppose and as another venue for advancing their own policy agendas. However, the evidence is mounting, to include this book in a big way, that courts are more of a sideshow to the culture war. While court decisions, especially Supreme Court decisions, do have importance, the decisions emanating from the Court reflect social, cultural, and political change that occurred long prior to their decision ever being made. This book tests how much political and social change has been made primarily through Gerald Rosenberg's framework from his seminal work, The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change, but it also utilizes Daniel Elazar's Political Culture Theory to explain state level variations in political and social change. The findings indicate that while courts are not powerless institutions, reformers will not have success unless supported by the public and the elected branches, and most specifically, that preexisting state culture is a determining factor in the amount of change courts make. In short, federalism still matters.

Contents:

Part I-Theory

1-Literature Review and Theory

2-Research Design and Methods

Part II-Tests and Analyses

3-Testing of the Dynamic and Constrained Court Theories

4-Support from the Legislature and the Executive

5-Public Support

6-Incentives and Market Forces

7-Resistance of Washington, D.C., to Court Orders

8-Conclusion on the National-Level Testing of the Constrained Court Theory

Part III-Case Studies

9-Illinois: A State of Conflict

10-"Come and Get Them!" Texas and Guns

11- California and the Future of Gun Control, Vanguard or Rearguard Action?

Part IV-Still a Hollow Hope

12-Cultural Variation Matters

13-Final Thoughts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-348) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472220663

0472220667

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.