Melinda D Kane
Biographic Data
| ID | 214835 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melinda D Kane |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melinda D |
| FAMILY NAME | Kane |
| SIGNATURE | KANE M D |
| AFFILIATIONS | East Carolina University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 166 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
LGBTQ Young Adults’ Attitudes Toward Workplace Antidiscrimination Policies
Resource Mobilization Theory
The broader resource mobilization approach, though underutilized, remains relevant to analyzing the full spectrum of social movement challenges to hegemonic authority across the full range of social and political institutions. This entry sketches core features of the resource mobilization perspective by categorizing five resource types – material, human, social‐organizational, cultural and moral; mechanisms of resource access; and the exchange re…
Organization, Opportunity, and the Shifting Politics of Employment Discrimination
Despite the major breakthrough for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activists on marriage equality, the fight against employment discrimination remains elusive. Whether one is protected from discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity depends on where one lives and is contingent on a patchwork of state and local policies. In this article, we investigate the adoption of state nondiscrimination l…
Turning to the Courts
We quantitatively examine the factors influencing the lesbian and gay movement’s involvement in state-level appellate cases through an analysis of Lambda Legal’s judicial agenda from 1981 through 2000. We combine a list of state appellate cases involving gay and lesbian rights during this period with data from Lambda’s “Docket Update” to create a data set that identifies which cases Lambda was involved in. We theorize that Lambda’s involvement wi…
LGBT Religious Activism
Armstrong and Bernstein (2008) critique the emphasis movement scholars place upon activism within the formal political sphere, proposing, instead, a multi‐institutional approach which argues that protest can occur within any social institution and that the desired outcomes of activism can include cultural outcomes. The goal of this article is to expand the range of social movement targets studied through an examination of lesbian, gay, bisexual, …
Finding "Safe" Campuses
A key indicator of a supportive campus climate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) college students is the existence of an LGBT student organization. This article integrates the research on high school LGBT policies and programs with social movement studies of campus activism to examine the characteristics associated with the existence of university-approved LGBT groups on North Carolina campuses. Drawing on data from the National …
Out” in Columbus
Research on urban growth and vitality suggests that gay men concentrate in high quality of life cities, indicated by high–tech development, diversity, and city amenities. The goal of this paper is to evaluate the degree to which theories of urban renewal and economic development—including Florida's creative class—can explain the neighborhood–level distribution of lesbians and gays within a city. Using 2000 U.S. Census data, tax parcel data, and o…
You've Won, Now What? The Influence of Legal Change on Gay and Lesbian Mobilization, 1974-1999
Research on movement outcomes primarily examines the conditions under which social movements influence the law. Less attention has been given to the influence that legal change might have on the movement's subsequent development. Does the achievement of legal goals help the movement mobilize or does the movement experience decline once change occurs? Using unique measures of gay and lesbian mobilization, I investigate the influence of legal chang…
Timing Matters
Journal Article Timing Matters: Shifts in the Causal Determinants of Sodomy Law Decriminalization, 1961–1998 Get access Melinda D. Kane Melinda D. Kane The University of Texas at Dallas Direct correspondence to: Melinda D. Kane, School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences, GR 31, The University of Texas at Dallas, Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083. E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic P…
Social Movement Policy Success
This study provides an event history analysis of the factors contributing to a social movement's ability to influence pubic policy. More specifically, the study presents a quantitative, historical examination of the influence of national, state, and local gay and lesbian movements on the decriminalization of state sodomy laws, an important goal of the movement, from 1969 to 1998. Drawing from political opportunity models, resource mobilization th…
Social Support and Career Optimism
As companies look for better ways to manage diversity, one of the approaches that is emerging is the use of female and minority network groups. These groups are not well understood, and there has been no quantitative analysis of their impact on minority employees. Social network theory suggests that network groups should enhance the social resources available to women and minorities and in that way enhance their chance of career success, but some…
Shaping Judicial Law in the Post-World War II Period
We examine the circumstances in which labor is successful in the federal appellate courts when it has filed unfair labor practice charges against employers. We specifically focus on legal disputes concerning union organizing. Few studies have examined the role of class dynamics in shaping judicial law, even when labor law is studied. We find evidence that two strategies used by class actors influence judicial lawmaking. The greater the degree to …
Social Movement Policy Success
This study provides an event history analysis of the factors contributing to a social movement's ability to influence pubic policy. More specifically, the study presents a quantitative, historical examination of the influence of national, state, and local gay and lesbian movements on the decriminalization of state sodomy laws, an important goal of the movement, from 1969 to 1998. Drawing from political opportunity models, resource mobilization th…
Finding "Safe" Campuses
A key indicator of a supportive campus climate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) college students is the existence of an LGBT student organization. This article integrates the research on high school LGBT policies and programs with social movement studies of campus activism to examine the characteristics associated with the existence of university-approved LGBT groups on North Carolina campuses. Drawing on data from the National …
Timing Matters
Journal Article Timing Matters: Shifts in the Causal Determinants of Sodomy Law Decriminalization, 1961–1998 Get access Melinda D. Kane Melinda D. Kane The University of Texas at Dallas Direct correspondence to: Melinda D. Kane, School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences, GR 31, The University of Texas at Dallas, Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083. E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic P…
Out” in Columbus
Research on urban growth and vitality suggests that gay men concentrate in high quality of life cities, indicated by high–tech development, diversity, and city amenities. The goal of this paper is to evaluate the degree to which theories of urban renewal and economic development—including Florida's creative class—can explain the neighborhood–level distribution of lesbians and gays within a city. Using 2000 U.S. Census data, tax parcel data, and o…
Social Support and Career Optimism
As companies look for better ways to manage diversity, one of the approaches that is emerging is the use of female and minority network groups. These groups are not well understood, and there has been no quantitative analysis of their impact on minority employees. Social network theory suggests that network groups should enhance the social resources available to women and minorities and in that way enhance their chance of career success, but some…
LGBT Religious Activism
Armstrong and Bernstein (2008) critique the emphasis movement scholars place upon activism within the formal political sphere, proposing, instead, a multi‐institutional approach which argues that protest can occur within any social institution and that the desired outcomes of activism can include cultural outcomes. The goal of this article is to expand the range of social movement targets studied through an examination of lesbian, gay, bisexual, …
You've Won, Now What? The Influence of Legal Change on Gay and Lesbian Mobilization, 1974-1999
Research on movement outcomes primarily examines the conditions under which social movements influence the law. Less attention has been given to the influence that legal change might have on the movement's subsequent development. Does the achievement of legal goals help the movement mobilize or does the movement experience decline once change occurs? Using unique measures of gay and lesbian mobilization, I investigate the influence of legal chang…
Turning to the Courts
We quantitatively examine the factors influencing the lesbian and gay movement’s involvement in state-level appellate cases through an analysis of Lambda Legal’s judicial agenda from 1981 through 2000. We combine a list of state appellate cases involving gay and lesbian rights during this period with data from Lambda’s “Docket Update” to create a data set that identifies which cases Lambda was involved in. We theorize that Lambda’s involvement wi…
Shaping Judicial Law in the Post-World War II Period
We examine the circumstances in which labor is successful in the federal appellate courts when it has filed unfair labor practice charges against employers. We specifically focus on legal disputes concerning union organizing. Few studies have examined the role of class dynamics in shaping judicial law, even when labor law is studied. We find evidence that two strategies used by class actors influence judicial lawmaking. The greater the degree to …
Organization, Opportunity, and the Shifting Politics of Employment Discrimination
Despite the major breakthrough for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activists on marriage equality, the fight against employment discrimination remains elusive. Whether one is protected from discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity depends on where one lives and is contingent on a patchwork of state and local policies. In this article, we investigate the adoption of state nondiscrimination l…
Shaping Judicial Law in the Post-World War II Period
We examine the circumstances in which labor is successful in the federal appellate courts when it has filed unfair labor practice charges against employers. We specifically focus on legal disputes concerning union organizing. Few studies have examined the role of class dynamics in shaping judicial law, even when labor law is studied. We find evidence that two strategies used by class actors influence judicial lawmaking. The greater the degree to …
Social Support and Career Optimism
As companies look for better ways to manage diversity, one of the approaches that is emerging is the use of female and minority network groups. These groups are not well understood, and there has been no quantitative analysis of their impact on minority employees. Social network theory suggests that network groups should enhance the social resources available to women and minorities and in that way enhance their chance of career success, but some…
Social Movement Policy Success
This study provides an event history analysis of the factors contributing to a social movement's ability to influence pubic policy. More specifically, the study presents a quantitative, historical examination of the influence of national, state, and local gay and lesbian movements on the decriminalization of state sodomy laws, an important goal of the movement, from 1969 to 1998. Drawing from political opportunity models, resource mobilization th…
Timing Matters
Journal Article Timing Matters: Shifts in the Causal Determinants of Sodomy Law Decriminalization, 1961–1998 Get access Melinda D. Kane Melinda D. Kane The University of Texas at Dallas Direct correspondence to: Melinda D. Kane, School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences, GR 31, The University of Texas at Dallas, Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083. E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic P…
You've Won, Now What? The Influence of Legal Change on Gay and Lesbian Mobilization, 1974-1999
Research on movement outcomes primarily examines the conditions under which social movements influence the law. Less attention has been given to the influence that legal change might have on the movement's subsequent development. Does the achievement of legal goals help the movement mobilize or does the movement experience decline once change occurs? Using unique measures of gay and lesbian mobilization, I investigate the influence of legal chang…
Out” in Columbus
Research on urban growth and vitality suggests that gay men concentrate in high quality of life cities, indicated by high–tech development, diversity, and city amenities. The goal of this paper is to evaluate the degree to which theories of urban renewal and economic development—including Florida's creative class—can explain the neighborhood–level distribution of lesbians and gays within a city. Using 2000 U.S. Census data, tax parcel data, and o…
LGBT Religious Activism
Armstrong and Bernstein (2008) critique the emphasis movement scholars place upon activism within the formal political sphere, proposing, instead, a multi‐institutional approach which argues that protest can occur within any social institution and that the desired outcomes of activism can include cultural outcomes. The goal of this article is to expand the range of social movement targets studied through an examination of lesbian, gay, bisexual, …
Finding "Safe" Campuses
A key indicator of a supportive campus climate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) college students is the existence of an LGBT student organization. This article integrates the research on high school LGBT policies and programs with social movement studies of campus activism to examine the characteristics associated with the existence of university-approved LGBT groups on North Carolina campuses. Drawing on data from the National …
Turning to the Courts
We quantitatively examine the factors influencing the lesbian and gay movement’s involvement in state-level appellate cases through an analysis of Lambda Legal’s judicial agenda from 1981 through 2000. We combine a list of state appellate cases involving gay and lesbian rights during this period with data from Lambda’s “Docket Update” to create a data set that identifies which cases Lambda was involved in. We theorize that Lambda’s involvement wi…
Organization, Opportunity, and the Shifting Politics of Employment Discrimination
Despite the major breakthrough for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activists on marriage equality, the fight against employment discrimination remains elusive. Whether one is protected from discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity depends on where one lives and is contingent on a patchwork of state and local policies. In this article, we investigate the adoption of state nondiscrimination l…
Resource Mobilization Theory
The broader resource mobilization approach, though underutilized, remains relevant to analyzing the full spectrum of social movement challenges to hegemonic authority across the full range of social and political institutions. This entry sketches core features of the resource mobilization perspective by categorizing five resource types – material, human, social‐organizational, cultural and moral; mechanisms of resource access; and the exchange re…
LGBTQ Young Adults’ Attitudes Toward Workplace Antidiscrimination Policies
Sociology (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Lesbian (6 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (6 works) · Homosexuality (5 works) · Law (5 works)