Minority Group Influence - Agenda Setting, Formulation, and Public Policy

Although there has been intense interest in racial minorities and public policy, most research has focused on the implementation of policies after legislative passage or on the consequent effects of those policies. Few studies have focused on the definitional stage of the policy process--agenda setting--or have examined the way issues of concern to minority populations are raised. This volume fills that void by examining where policy issues originate and the impact of racial, ethnic, and other minority groups on the agenda setting process and the formulation of public policy. The work will be of interest to scholars in public policy, ethnic studies, government, and politics.

Sommario

Preface
Introduction: Racial Minority Group and Policy Agenda Setting by Paula D. McClain
International Perspective
Ethnic Minority Groups, Agenda Setting, and Policy Borrowing in Britain by Donley T. Studlar
United States--National Perspective
Political Innovation and Economic Rights: The Case of the Hawkins-Humphrey Bill by Charles P. Henry
African-Americans Confront Apartheid by Frederic I. Solop
Urban Violence: Agendas, Politics, and Problem Redefinition by Paula D. McClain
Evaluation, Tribal Sovereignty, and the Alaska Native Land Claims by Fae L. Korsmo
State Perspective
Issue Selection by State Legislative Black Caucuses in the South by Cheryl M. Miller
Industrial Area Foundation and the Mexican American Community in Texas: The Politics of Issue Mobilization by Benjamin Marquez
State of New York Internship Program: Avenue to Gaining Access in the Public Policy Arena by Carl E. Meacham
Mobilization in Crisis: Setting an Agenda for Minority Health Through Socially Transformative Action by Francesca Schmid Thomas
Conclusion
Racial Minorities and Agenda Setting: Is There Access and Influence? by Paula D. McClain
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

PAULA D. MCCLAIN is Professor in the Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia. She is the editor (with A. Karnig) of Urban Minority Administrators: Politics, Policy, and Style (Greenwood, 1988).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Paula Denice McClain (Editore), McClain Paula D. (Editore)
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.1993
• EAN: 9780313290367
• ISBN: 978-0-313-29036-7
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Altro; USA, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, Anthropology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, Political structure & processes, Social issues & processes, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Social and ethical issues, Central / national / federal government policies, Physical anthropology, Political structure and processes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Central government policies, Politics, Law, and Government