Bottom-Up Activism

A Local Political Strategy for Higher Policy Change

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6375285
AutoresLori Riverstone-Newell (autor de correspondencia)
Año2012
Volumen42
Número3
Páginas401-421
Fecha de publicación2012-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPublius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/publius/pjs018
OpenAlexW2100504412
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17
Referencias citadas8

In recent decades, local governments in the United States have repeatedly turned to activism to protest higher government policies, or to generate policy movement in an expanding array of domestic and foreign policy areas. There has been little scholarly effort, however, to categorize the behaviors of local activism or to understand why it occurs. This conceptual article introduces local activism as a political strategy comprised of several progressively aggressive behaviors. A typology for these activist behaviors is suggested and the potential goals and motivations of local activists explored, along with recent changes to the intergovernmental environment that may have provided both cause and political incentive for local activism. Copyright 2012, Oxford University Press

Categorization · Economics · Incentive · Local government · Market economy · Political activism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Typology · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Policy and Administration Research · Law · Public Administration