'Horizontal' and 'Vertical' Venue Selection : LGBT Rights and Abortion Policy in Canada and the United States
When pursuing policy goals within formal government structures, interest groups are faced with several choices related to how best to go about targeting and influencing policy makers. One of the most important among these decisions is, within what venue should these efforts proceed? Does focusing mobilization efforts through the Courts or through the legislative branch, a sort of 'horizontal' venue selection, influence movement success or strategies? Does the choice between state-level or federal-level, or 'vertical' venue selection, make a difference? With reference to both the agenda setting literature found in the work of Kingdon (2003), Bachrach and Baratz (1970) and others, as well as legal mobilization theories found in the law and society literature, this study attempts to address these questions in an effort to provide a better understanding of how and why venue choices matter for social movements. Specifically, four cases will be considered, including the fight for same-sex marriage in Canada, efforts to repeal sodomy laws in the United States, the legalization of abortion in Canada, and abortion policy in the United States. Tentative results suggest that both different institutional structures found in each country, as well as differences across particular issue areas, play a profoundly important role in how venue selection ultimately influences policy outcomes
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2010
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Authors: | Parent, Jonathan |
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[2010]: [S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | USA | United States | Kanada | Canada | Schwangerschaftsabbruch | Abortion |
Description of contents: | Abstract [papers.ssrn.com] |
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