Routing the Opposition: Social Movements, Public Policy, and Democracy (Social Movements, Protest and Contention) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816644799 ISBN 13: 9780816644797

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2005

Synopsis

On one side are the policy makers, on the other, the movements and organizations that challenge public policy. Where and how the two meet is a critical juncture in the democratic process. Bringing together a distinguished group of scholars from several different disciplines in the social sciences, Routing the Opposition connects the substance and content of policies with the movements that create and respond to them. Local antidrug coalitions, the organic agriculture movement, worker's compensation reforms, veterans' programs, prison reform, immigrants' rights campaigns: these are some of the diverse areas in which the contributors to this volume examine the linkages between the practices, organization, and institutional logic of public policy and social movements. The authors engage such topics as the process of involving multiple stakeholders in policy making, the impact of overlapping social networks on policy and social movement development, and the influence of policy design on the increase or decline of civic involvement. Capturing both successes and failures, Routing the Opposition focuses on strategies and outcomes that both transform social movements and guide the development of public policy, revealing as well what happens when the very different organizational cultures of activists and public policy makers interact.

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About the Author

David S. Meyer is professor of sociology and political science; Valerie Jenness is professor of criminology, law, and society and sociology; and Helen Ingram is professor of social ecology, all at the University of California, Irvine.Contributors: Edwin Amenta, New York U.; Lee Ann Banaszak, Penn State U; Frank R. Baumgartner, Penn State U; Ryken Grattet, U of California, Davis; Mrill Ingram, U of Wisconsin, Madison; Mary Fainsod Katzenstein, Cornell U; Christine Mahoney; John D. McCarthy, Penn State U; Suzanne Mettler, Syracuse U; Ellen Reese, U of California, Riverside.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816644799
• ISBN 13: 9780816644797
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Meyer David S., Jenness Valerie, Ingram Helen