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

Post, Margaret A.

Grassroots Coalitions and State Policy Change : Organizing for Immigrant Health Care. - El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2011. - 1 online resource (234 pages) - The New Americans: Recent Immigration and American Society . - New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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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.


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Immigrants--Medical care--Massachusetts.
Immigrants--Medical care--California.
Health services accessibility--Massachusetts.
Health services accessibility--California.
Pressure groups--Massachusetts.
Pressure groups--California.
Immigrants.
Medical policy.
Delivery of Health Care--organization & administration
Emigrants and Immigrants
Health Care Coalitions
Health Policy
Health Services Accessibility--organization & administration
Public Opinion
Services de santé--Accessibilité--Massachusetts.
Services de santé--Accessibilité--Californie.
Groupes de pression--Massachusetts.
Groupes de pression--Californie.
Immigrants.
Politique sanitaire.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Diseases--General.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL--Diseases.
MEDICAL--Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL--Health Policy.
MEDICAL--Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Disease & Health Issues.
Health services accessibility.
Immigrants--Medical care.
Pressure groups.


California
Massachusetts
California.
Massachusetts.


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