Routing the Opposition

Explores the crucial nexus of policy makers and social movements for the first time.

Contents Introduction: Social Movements and Public Policy: Eggs, Chicken, and TheoryDavid S. Meyer Part I: Context Matters and Patterns of Influence: Agendas and Alliances1. Political Contexts, Challenger Strategies and Mobilization: Explaining the Impact of the Townsend PlanEdwin Amenta2. Social Movements, the Rise of New Issues, and the Public AgendaFrank Baumgartner and Christine Mahoney3. Velcro Triangles: Elite Mobilization of Local Anti-Drug Issue CoalitionsJohn D. McCarthy Part II: The Social Movement-State Nexus: The Structure and Consequences of Interpenetration4. Creating Credible Edibles: The Organic Agriculture Movement and the Emergence of U.S. Federal Organic StandardsMrill Ingram and Helen Ingram5. Inside and Outside the State: Movement Insider Status, Tactics, and Public Policty AchievementsLee Ann Banaszak6. The Policy Nexus: Professional Networks and the Formulation and Adoption of Worker's Compensation ReformsRyken Grattet Part III: The Nature of the Field: Impacts on Participation, Mobilization, and Identity7. Policy Feedback Effects for Collective Action: Lessons from Veterans' ProgramsSuzanne Mettler8. Rights without Citizenship: Activist Politics and Prison Reform in the United StatesMary Fainsod Katzenstein9. Policy Threats and Social Movement Coalitions: California's Campaign to Restore Legal Immigrants' Rights to WelfareEllen Reese Conclusion: Social Movements, Public Policy and Democracy: Rethinking the NexusValerie Jenness, David S. Meyer, and Helen Ingram ContributorsIndex