When good trouble sparks agenda change
Disentangling the evolution of the Congressional Black Caucus' positions on police reform
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10764989 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P C Peay (0000-0003-2891-8692, Department of Political Science Georgia State University Atlanta Georgia USA, corresponding author), John D Rackey (Department of Political Science University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma USA) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 3158-3169 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-4941 • E-ISSN: 1540-6237 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ssqu.13104 |
| OpenAlex | W4206574280 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 21 |
The Black Caucus’ position on crime and community policing has been a constant juxtaposition between advocating for the health and safety of Black communities while decrying the ever‐toxic relationship with the American policing and carceral systems. This is evident in the organization's overwhelming support for the infamous 1994 Crime Bill—a largely punitive bill that has since been directly linked to the over‐policing and incarceration of Black Americans. Recently, however, the organization has adopted a policy stance that reflects a commitment to reforming the American policing system. This article traces the organization's evolution from support for prevention‐based, punitive policies to comprehensive police reform in the period since the passage of the 1994 Crime Bill. We find this transformation has been one that is both responsive to exogenous shocks—high profile killings of unarmed Black Americans and the resulting protests—as well as an endogenous change—organizational turnover and ideological drift within the organization. These factors create active and latent processes that worked on the Congressional Black Caucus’ behaviors and preferences
Business · Caucus · Criminology · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Position (finance) · Punitive damages · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
Theories of the Policy Process
Deaths Due to Use of Lethal Force by Law Enforcement
Polarized America
Black Power
Whose Black Politics
Agenda Dynamics and Policy Subsystems
Agenda Seeding
After KKV
Social Construction for Public Policy
Diversity in Political Institutions and Congressional Responsiveness to Minority Interests
Outdated Views of Qualitative Methods
Social Constructions, Anticipatory Feedback Strategies, and Deceptive Public Policy
The Politics of Attention
Understanding Process Tracing
Congressional Enactments of Race-Gender
Social Construction of Target Populations
Policy Punctuations in American Political Institutions
Informal Congressional Caucuses and Agenda Setting
Protest and Policymaking
| Citations per year | 1.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |