On the Cross Road of Polity, Political Elites and Mobilization.

Front Cover -- On the Cross Road of Polity, Political Elites and Mobilization -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Editorial Advisory Board -- Part I: National Identity, Ethnicity, and Public Policy -- How did the Irish Americans Become Irish? Gaelic Sports and the Organization of Irish Ethnicity in New York City -- Ethnicity, Groupism, and Sports -- Data and Method -- Gaelic Sport in New York City -- Establishing the ICAU -- The Crisis of Gaelic Sport -- Creating the Gaelic Athletic Association of New York -- Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Sanctified Mobilization: How Political Activists Manage Institutional Boundaries in Faith-Based Organizing for Immigrant Rights -- Research Setting and Key Theoretical Points of Comparison -- The Organizational Structure of the Catholic Church -- The Strategic Restructuring of a Faith-Based Community Organizing Nonprofit -- Data and Methods -- Theoretical Framework and Empirical Evidence -- Institutional Constraints on Organizations -- Parishioner Perceptions of the Institutional Boundary between Religion and Politics -- The Role of Leaders in Defining Organization Domains -- Two Strategies: Expanding Church Domains or Working within Them -- Perceived Agent of Change -- Organizing Tactics -- Membership Definitions -- Sources of Conflict and Recruitment Outcomes under each Strategy -- Mobilization Outcomes and Reliance on Religious Leaders -- Necessary but Fragile Clergy Involvement under the Model-Expanding Strategy -- Familiar, Sustainable Religious Involvement under the Model-Specializing Strategy -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix: Methodological Notes -- National Identity and Governmental Authority: The Intersection of National Identity, Immigration Policy, and the Child Welfare System in the United States.

Nationalism, Immigration, and Policy Enforcement -- The Intersection of Immigration Enforcement and CPS -- National Identity, Bureaucracy, and Family Law -- Data -- Analyses and Results -- Conclusion -- Limitations -- Notes -- References -- Revisiting Mothers' Pensions: A Critique of a Social Science Classic and a New Analysis -- Introduction -- Skocpol et al.'s Approach -- Critique -- Methods and Findings -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Adoption of Mothers' Pensions -- Women's Group Endorsements -- Percent Workforce Female -- Per Capita State Expenditures on Public Schools -- State-by-State Per Capita Magazine Circulation -- Literacy -- Age of State Federation -- Party Competition -- Average Reform Vote -- Density of Women's Clubs -- Exemptions -- Part II: Political Elites and Political Contention -- Essential Contestants, Essential Contests -- Introduction -- Contested Concepts -- Evaluation -- Complexity -- Weighting -- Openness -- Recognition of Debate -- Authoritative Exemplar -- Progressive Character -- Evaluation -- Complexity -- Weighting -- Openness -- Recognition of Debate -- Authoritative Exemplar -- Progressive Character -- Philosopher Contestants -- Evaluation -- Complexity -- Weighting -- Openness -- Recognition of Debate, Authoritative Exemplar, Progressive Character -- Turbulent Democracy -- Social Movement Challengers and Powerholders Debate Democracy -- From the Age of Democratic Revolution Forward: Transnational Struggles over Slavery -- Social Conflict Produces Conceptual Complexity -- In Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Elites, Policy, and Social Movements -- Situating Social Movements within the Politics of Policymaking -- "Pre-Policy": Setting the Agenda -- Policy Communities and Political Opportunities.

Strategic Action Fields: How SMOs and Political Entrepreneurs Change Policy Together -- Insiders, Outsiders, and Institutional Activism -- How Policies Mobilize Constituencies -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- The Militarization Theory in Post-Soviet Russia: Dispelling the Pathological Look at Political and Administrative Elites -- The Oscillations of Russian Federalism -- The Establishment of the Polpredy, How the Rot has set in … -- The Short-Sightedness of the Militarization Theory -- An Attractive Paradigm … -- … But a Distorting Prism to Look at Russian Elites -- Considering Russian Elites beyond the Militarization -- The Cultural Factor as an Alternative Clue -- Reconsidering the Reshuffle of Russian Elites -- Law as a Relevant Element of Political Elites Culture to Build a "Sovereign Democracy" -- References -- Changing Political Fortunes: Race, Class, and "Black Power" in the Rise and Fall of a Black Urban Regime in Oakland -- Introduction -- Problem and Method -- All Politics are Local?: Problematizing Black Communities, Local Politics, and Urban Regimes -- Men of Tomorrow: Racialized Class Consciousness and the Black Professional Middle Class in Postwar Oakland -- Political Mobilization I: War on Poverty and "Class Conflict" in the Black Community -- Political Mobilization II: The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense and the Rise of Black Electoral Politics in Oakland -- Lionel Wilson and the Rise of the Black Urban Regime in Oakland -- Still Rising?: Elihu Harris Inherits the Black Urban Regime in Oakland -- Fall of the Black Urban Regime: Jerry Brown Takes a Political Detour through Oakland -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- The Strength of Civil Society Ties: Explaining Party Change in America's Bluest State -- Introduction -- Three Contending Explanations of Party Change in Rhode Island.

The Strength of Civil Society Ties: An Alternative Framework -- Research Method -- Empirical Analysis: Party Change in America's Bluest State -- Argument Primer -- From Party Machine to Porous Political Field -- Explaining Party Change: The Strength of Civil Society Ties -- The Liberal-Labor Break-up -- Splintering of the Democratic Party Machine -- Loss of Primary Control -- Legislative Reforms -- RISDIC -- Interest Groups: Building the New Ties that Bind -- Contributions -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References.

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