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Informationen zum Autor By Michael S. Givel and Andrew L. Spivak - Foreword by Stanton Glantz Klappentext Heartland Tobacco War chronicles the political and public relations battles between health advocates and forces supported by the tobacco industry in Oklahoma from the 1980s to the present, drawing on previously-suppressed tobacco insider documents and first-hand interviews with key players. The authors especially highlight the role of Oklahoma's "renegade" Department of Health Commissioner, Dr. Leslie Bietsch, in the theoretical contexts of insider and outsider policy advocacy, administrative ethics, and direct democracy. Heartland Tobacco War is an exceptional contribution to the literature on the politics of tobacco regulation. Givel and Spivak draw upon valuable and unique ethnographic, media, government, and industry sources to tell an important story about Oklahoma's struggle for clean indoor air and other vital measures. Their narrative is captivating and adeptly illustrates complex intersections of bureaucracy, legislation, and public relations that will be of interest to policymakers, social science scholars, and anyone interested in how progress is made in public health policy -- Shannon Monnat, Pennsylvania State University Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables and FiguresForewordAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Introduction: A Tobacco War in America's Heartland Chapter 2: Historical Background of Tobacco Control in OklahomaChapter 3: The Influence of the Tobacco Industry LobbyChapter 4: Leslie Beitch and the 2001-2003 Clean Indoor Air CampaignChapter 5: The 2004 Battle for Cigarette TaxesChapter 6: Aftermath: Clean Indoor Air Post-2003Chapter 7: Lessons Learned: Public Ethics and the Public GoodReferences
