| Description |
1 online resource (234 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
The New Americans: Recent Immigration and American Society
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New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Contents |
List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Organizational Pathways to Political Incorporation: The Role of Coalitions; 3. Immigrant Political Power: Claims-making Coalitions and Policy Outcomes; 4. Research Design for Theory and Practice; 5. Massachusetts and California: 2004-2007; 6. Organizational Analysis: Process and Outcomes; 7, Immigrant Organizations and Policy Change: The Future Role of Coalitions; Appendix 1: Sample Interview Protocols; Appendix 2: Coalition Member Lists; Appendix 3: Profiles of Featured Organizations. |
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Appendix 4: Sample Coalition AgreementsReferences; Index. |
| Summary |
Post examines how coalitions build power in the policymaking arena. She focuses on interorganizational partnerships, internal capacity building, and claims-making, and shows that multi-organizational alliances can be intermediary mechanisms for promoting interests and realizing political gains. With case studies from Massachusetts and California between 2004 and 2007, Post investigates how statewide, health policy coalitions incorporate immigrant interests in organizing strategies for policy change. The analysis supports a theoretical framework of how mediating institutions can facilitate the. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Immigrants -- Medical care -- Massachusetts.
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Immigrants -- Medical care. |
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Massachusetts. |
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Immigrants. |
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Immigrants -- Medical care -- California.
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California. |
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Health services accessibility -- Massachusetts.
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Health services accessibility. |
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Health services accessibility -- California.
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Pressure groups -- Massachusetts.
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Pressure groups. |
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Pressure groups -- California.
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Delivery of Health Care -- organization & administration. |
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Emigrants and Immigrants. |
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Health Care Coalitions. |
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Health Policy. |
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Health Services Accessibility -- organization & administration. |
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Public Opinion. |
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California. |
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Massachusetts. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Post, Margaret A. Grassroots Coalitions and State Policy Change : Organizing for Immigrant Health Care. El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, ©2011 9781593324117 |
| ISBN |
9781593326654 |
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1593326653 |
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9781593324117 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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1593324111 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
