How Policies Make Citizens : : Senior Political Activism and the American Welfare State / / Andrea Louise Campbell.
Some groups participate in politics more than others. Why? And does it matter for policy outcomes? In this richly detailed and fluidly written book, Andrea Campbell argues that democratic participation and public policy powerfully reinforce each other. Through a case study of senior citizens in the...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 39 line illus. 52 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF FIGURES
- LIST OF TABLES
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction: The Reciprocal Participation-Policy Relationship
- CHAPTER TWO. Overview: Rising Senior Participation and the Growth of the American Welfare State
- CHAPTER THREE. A Model of Senior Citizen Political Participation
- CHAPTER FOUR. Senior Citizen Participation and Policy over Time
- CHAPTER FIVE. Policy Threat and Seniors' Distinctive Political Voice
- CHAPTER SIX. Congressional Responsiveness
- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Reciprocal Participation-Policy Relationship across Programs
- CHAPTER EIGHT. Participation, Policymaking, and the Political Implications of Program Design
- APPENDIX A. Supplementary Tables
- APPENDIX B. Two-Stage Social Security Participation Model
- APPENDIX C. Senior/Nonsenior Mobilization Ratios by Party, 1956-96
- APPENDIX D. Multiple Interrupted Time-Series Analysis
- NOTES
- REFERENCES
- INDEX
- Backmatter