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Strange Bedfellows: Interest Group Coalitions, Diverse Partners, and Influence in American Social Policy
Robin Phinney
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Description for Strange Bedfellows: Interest Group Coalitions, Diverse Partners, and Influence in American Social Policy
hardcover. This book develops a new theory of collaborative lobbying and influence to explain how antipoverty advocates gain influence in American social policymaking. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 b/w illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: JPA; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
How do advocates for the poor gain influence in American policymaking? Strange Bedfellows argues that groups representing low-income populations compensate for a lack of resources by collaborating with diverse partners in their lobbying efforts. This study develops a theory of coalition influence that explains the mechanisms and conditions of coalition formation and influence, and provides support for the theory through an analysis of one of the most significant social policy changes in recent history. The analysis shows that in the years preceding the federal welfare reform of 1996, advocates collaborated with diverse partners to influence policymaking, coalitions were used as ... Read more
How do advocates for the poor gain influence in American policymaking? Strange Bedfellows argues that groups representing low-income populations compensate for a lack of resources by collaborating with diverse partners in their lobbying efforts. This study develops a theory of coalition influence that explains the mechanisms and conditions of coalition formation and influence, and provides support for the theory through an analysis of one of the most significant social policy changes in recent history. The analysis shows that in the years preceding the federal welfare reform of 1996, advocates collaborated with diverse partners to influence policymaking, coalitions were used as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107170360
SKU
V9781107170360
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About Robin Phinney
Robin Phinney is Research Associate in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. She received her Ph.D. in Public Policy and Political Science from the University of Michigan, where she received awards including the Ford Fellowship Award, Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, and Mary Malcomson Raphael Fellowship. Her research and teaching focus on American politics and public policy, ... Read more
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