Minority Group Influence

PAULA D. MCCLAIN is Professor in the Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia. She is the editor (with A. Karnig) of Urban Minority Administrators: Politics, Policy, and Style (Greenwood, 1988).

• Preface Introduction: Racial Minority Group and Policy Agenda Setting by Paula D. McClain International Perspective Ethnic Minority Groups, Agenda Setting, and Policy Borrowing in Britain by Donley T. Studlar United States--National Perspective Political Innovation and Economic Rights: The Case of the Hawkins-Humphrey Bill by Charles P. Henry African-Americans Confront Apartheid by Frederic I. Solop Urban Violence: Agendas, Politics, and Problem Redefinition by Paula D. McClain Evaluation, Tribal Sovereignty, and the Alaska Native Land Claims by Fae L. Korsmo State Perspective Issue Selection by State Legislative Black Caucuses in the South by Cheryl M. Miller Industrial Area Foundation and the Mexican American Community in Texas: The Politics of Issue Mobilization by Benjamin Marquez State of New York Internship Program: Avenue to Gaining Access in the Public Policy Arena by Carl E. Meacham Mobilization in Crisis: Setting an Agenda for Minority Health Through Socially Transformative Action by Francesca Schmid Thomas Conclusion Racial Minorities and Agenda Setting: Is There Access and Influence? by Paula D. McClain Bibliography Index