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POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH IN POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY Series Editor: Harland Prechel Recent Volumes: Volumes 1–3: Richard G. Braungart Volume 4: Richard G. Braungart and Margaret M. Braungart Volumes 5–8: Philo C. Wasburn Volume 9: Betty A. Dobratz, Lisa K. Waldner, and Timothy Buzzell Volumes 10–11: Betty A. Dobratz, Timothy Buzzell, and Lisa K. Waldner Volume 12: Betty A. Dobratz, Lisa K. Waldner, and Timothy Buzzell Volume 13: Lisa K. Waldner, Betty A. Dobratz, and Timothy Buzzell Volumes 14–17: Harland Prechel RESEARCH IN POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY VOLUME 17 POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY EDITED BY HARLAND PRECHEL Texas A&M University, USA United Kingdom – North America – Japan India – Malaysia – China JAIPressisanimprintofEmeraldGroupPublishingLimited HowardHouse,WagonLane,BingleyBD161WA,UK Firstedition2008 Copyrightr2008EmeraldGroupPublishingLimited Reprintsandpermissionservice Contact:[email protected] Nopartofthisbookmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,transmittedinany formorbyanymeanselectronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingorotherwise withouteitherthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisheroralicencepermitting restrictedcopyingissuedintheUKbyTheCopyrightLicensingAgencyandintheUSA byTheCopyrightClearanceCenter.Noresponsibilityisacceptedfortheaccuracyof informationcontainedinthetext,illustrationsoradvertisements.Theopinionsexpressed inthesechaptersarenotnecessarilythoseoftheEditororthepublisher. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN:978-1-84855-178-7 ISSN:0895-9935(Series) Awarded in recognition of Emerald’s production department’s adherence to quality systems and processes when preparing scholarly journals for print CONTENTS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS vii EDITORIAL BOARD ix SPECIAL REVIEWERS xi PREFACE xiii FOREWORD: POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY Harland Prechel xv PART I: EXERCISING POWER IN STATE POLICY FORMATION THE INTERLOCK STRUCTURE OF THE POLICY-PLANNING NETWORK AND THE RIGHT TURN IN U.S. STATE POLICY Val Burris 3 THE IMPACT OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS ON POLICYMAKING IN THE U.S. AND CANADA: THEORETICAL AND PUBLIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS Clayton D. Peoples and Michael Gortari 43 v vi CONTENTS PART II: ASSESSING AND ELABORATING THEORIES OF STABILITY AND CHANGE IN CAPITALIST INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS INSTITUTIONALISM AND CAPITALISM: A DIALECTICAL AND HISTORICAL CONTINGENCY APPROACH J. Kenneth Benson and Byung-Soo Kim 67 PART III: THE EFFECTS OF POWER AND HISTORICAL CONTINGENCIES ON POLITICAL OUTCOMES CHANGING REPERTOIRES OF COLLECTIVE ACTION: AMERICAN GENERAL STRIKES 1877–1946 Victoria Johnson 101 REPRESSION, MOBILIZATION, AND SOCIAL POLICY: THE VIRGINIA CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THE WAR ON POVERTY Hana E. Brown 135 THE POLITICS OF STREET REGULATION IN PHILADELPHIA: HOW COLLABORATION CREATES POLICY ALTERNATIVES Mirella Landriscina 175 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 205 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS J. Kenneth Benson Department of Sociology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA Hana E. Brown Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA Val Burris Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA Michael Gortari Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA Victoria Johnson Department of Sociology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA Byung-Soo Kim Department of Sociology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA Mirella Landriscina Department of Social Sciences, St. Joseph’s College, Brooklyn, NY, USA Clayton D. Peoples Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA vii This page intentionally left blank EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR Harland Prechel Texas A&M University ADVISORY EDITORS Patrick Akard Rhonda Levine Kansas State University Colgate University Paul Almeida Scott McNall Texas A&M University California State University Chico Robert Antonio Jill Quadagno University of Kansas Florida State University Alessandro Bonanno William Roy Sam Houston State University University of California Los Angeles Barbara Brents University of Nevada Las Vegas David A. Smith University of California Irvine G. William Domhoff University of California Santa Cruz ix
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