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Introduction: Social movements and public policy : eggs, chicken, and theory / David S. Meyer

Political contexts, challenger strategies, and mobilization : explaining the impact of the Townsend Plan / Edwin Amenta

Social movements, the rise of new issues, and the public agenda / Frank R. Baumgartner and Christine Mahoney

Velcro triangles : elite mobilization of local antidrug issue coalitions / John D. McCarthy

Creating credible edibles : the organic agriculture movement and the emergence of U.S. federal organic standards / Mrill Ingram and Helen Ingram

Inside and outside the state : movement insider status, tactics, and public policy achievements / Lee Ann Banaszak

The policy nexus : professional networks and the formulation and adoption of workers' compensation reforms / Ryken Grattet

Policy feedback effects for collective action : lessons from veterans' programs / Suzanne Mettler

Rights without citizenship : activist politics and prison reform in the United States / Mary Fainsod Katzenstein

Policy threats and social movement coalitions : California's campaign to restore legal immigrants' rights to welfare / Ellen Reese

Conclusion: Social movements, public policy, and democracy : rethinking the nexus / Valerie Jenness, David S. Meyer, and Helen Ingram.

Social movements > United States.

Political activists > United States.

Social problems > Government policy > United States.

Democracy > United States.

United States > Politics and government > 20th century.