W Douglas Costain
Biographic Data
| ID | 1488199 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W Douglas Costain |
| GIVEN NAMES | W Douglas |
| FAMILY NAME | Costain |
| SIGNATURE | COSTAIN W D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Political Strategies of Social Movements
The women's and environmental movements illustrate how these two social movements initially took advantage of favorable social and political conditions and later adjusted to unfavorable circumstances to become influential actors in American politics. The cases suggest that movements achieve success largely because their loose organization and membership allow them to adapt quickly to certain types of political environments. In periods of social a…
Movements and Gatekeepers
The relationship between social movements and Congress is a complex one which is not well understood. In this longitudinal study of congressional treatment of women's issues, we observe high levels of congressional action during periods when there is a mobilized women's movement compared with limited activity in non-movement periods. By contrasting bill introductions and the passage of laws, we attempt to specify Congress's role in responding to …
Energy Policy and Boom/Bust Cycles
The Limits of Energy Policy Analysis
Glenn R. De Souza, Energy Policy and Forecasting: Economic, Financial, and Technological Dimensions Raymond C. Scheppach and Everett M. Ehrlich, (Eds.), Energy‐Policy Analysis and Congressional Action Aaron Wildavsky and Ellen Tenenbaum, The Politics of Mistrust: Estimating American Oil and Gas Resources
Interest Groups as Policy Aggregators in the Legislative Process
The emphasis of most interest-group research on the role of groups as articulators of discrete interests has understated the impact of interest groups on the legislative system. By considering an aggregative dimension to interest-group behavior, this paper suggests that groups play a more important role in the formulation of congressional policy than has generally been supposed. The two case studies used, an ad hoc coalition opposing deregulation…
Interest Groups as Policy Aggregators in the Legislative Process
The emphasis of most interest-group research on the role of groups as articulators of discrete interests has understated the impact of interest groups on the legislative system. By considering an aggregative dimension to interest-group behavior, this paper suggests that groups play a more important role in the formulation of congressional policy than has generally been supposed. The two case studies used, an ad hoc coalition opposing deregulation…
The Political Strategies of Social Movements
The women's and environmental movements illustrate how these two social movements initially took advantage of favorable social and political conditions and later adjusted to unfavorable circumstances to become influential actors in American politics. The cases suggest that movements achieve success largely because their loose organization and membership allow them to adapt quickly to certain types of political environments. In periods of social a…
Movements and Gatekeepers
The relationship between social movements and Congress is a complex one which is not well understood. In this longitudinal study of congressional treatment of women's issues, we observe high levels of congressional action during periods when there is a mobilized women's movement compared with limited activity in non-movement periods. By contrasting bill introductions and the passage of laws, we attempt to specify Congress's role in responding to …
Interest Groups as Policy Aggregators in the Legislative Process
The emphasis of most interest-group research on the role of groups as articulators of discrete interests has understated the impact of interest groups on the legislative system. By considering an aggregative dimension to interest-group behavior, this paper suggests that groups play a more important role in the formulation of congressional policy than has generally been supposed. The two case studies used, an ad hoc coalition opposing deregulation…
The Limits of Energy Policy Analysis
Glenn R. De Souza, Energy Policy and Forecasting: Economic, Financial, and Technological Dimensions Raymond C. Scheppach and Everett M. Ehrlich, (Eds.), Energy‐Policy Analysis and Congressional Action Aaron Wildavsky and Ellen Tenenbaum, The Politics of Mistrust: Estimating American Oil and Gas Resources
Energy Policy and Boom/Bust Cycles
Movements and Gatekeepers
The relationship between social movements and Congress is a complex one which is not well understood. In this longitudinal study of congressional treatment of women's issues, we observe high levels of congressional action during periods when there is a mobilized women's movement compared with limited activity in non-movement periods. By contrasting bill introductions and the passage of laws, we attempt to specify Congress's role in responding to …
The Political Strategies of Social Movements
The women's and environmental movements illustrate how these two social movements initially took advantage of favorable social and political conditions and later adjusted to unfavorable circumstances to become influential actors in American politics. The cases suggest that movements achieve success largely because their loose organization and membership allow them to adapt quickly to certain types of political environments. In periods of social a…
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Action (physics (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (2 works) · Global Energy and Sustainability Research (2 works)