Grassroots Coalitions and State Policy Change : Organizing for Immigrant Health Care.

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Author / Creator:	Post, Margaret A.
Imprint:	El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (234 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	The New Americans: Recent Immigration and American Society New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subject:	Immigrants -- Medical care -- Massachusetts. Immigrants -- Medical care -- California. Health services accessibility -- Massachusetts. Health services accessibility -- California. Pressure groups -- Massachusetts. Pressure groups -- California. Delivery of Health Care -- organization & administration. Emigrants and Immigrants. Health Care Coalitions. Health Policy. Health Services Accessibility -- organization & administration. Public Opinion. Health services accessibility. Immigrants -- Medical care. Pressure groups. California. Massachusetts. California. Massachusetts.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11166706

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ISBN:	9781593326654 1593326653 9781593324117 1593324111
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. 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 English. digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
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.
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

Table of 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.
Appendix 4: Sample Coalition AgreementsReferences; Index.

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