How Policies Make Citizens Senior Political Activism and the American Welfare State

Name: How Policies Make Citizens Senior Political Activism and the American Welfare State
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ISBN: 9780691122502

ISBN-10: 0691122504

ISBN-13: 9780691122502

Edition: 2003

Authors: Andrea Louise Campbell

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Some groups participate in politics more than others. Why? And does it matter for policy outcomes? In this richly detailed and fluidly written book, Andrea Campbell argues that democratic participation and public policy powerfully reinforce each other. Through a case study of senior citizens in the United States and their political activity around Social Security, she shows how highly participatory groups get their policy preferences fulfilled, and how public policy itself helps create political inequality. Using a wealth of unique survey and historical data, Campbell shows how the development of Social Security helped transform seniors from the most beleaguered to the most politically…

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 2/13/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.57" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Andrea Louise Campbell is professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of How Policies Make Citizens and coauthor of The Delegated Welfare State.



List of Figures


List of Tables


Acknowledgments



Introduction: The Reciprocal Participation-Policy Relationship



Overview: Rising Senior Participation and the Growth of the American Welfare State



A Model of Senior Citizen Political Participation



Senior Citizen Participation and Policy over ime



Policy Threat and Seniors' Distinctive Political Voice



Congressional Responsiveness



The Reciprocal Participation-Policy Relationship across Programs



Participation, Policymaking, and the Political Implications of Program Design



Supplementary Tables



Two-Stage Social Security Participation Model



Senior/Nonsenior Mobilization Ratios by Party, 1956-96



Multiple Interrupted Time-Series Analysis


Notes


References


Index