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Shifting sands that threaten policy advocacy for vulnerable children and youth: A case study

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  • Garrow, Eve E.
  • Danziger, Sandra K.
  • Tillotson, Amanda R.

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Recent changes in the institutional and political environment, including the rise of a neoliberal logic that favors private solutions to social problems and increasing political partisanship, have created new challenges for statewide legislative advocacy. Yet, there is a lacuna in the study of the sector’s response to new and contradictory environmental pressures. Using the lens of institutional and resource dependence theories on organizations, this qualitative case study targets this gap by examining how a nonprofit statewide legislative advocacy organization for vulnerable children has responded to shifting political and institutional conditions that have transpired since its founding in the early 1990s. It examines 1) how the organization has made sense of these emerging challenges and demands, 2) how these shifts have reshaped its advocacy practices, and 3) how they have influenced the viability of the organization. Adaptive responses of the organization included a shift in emphasis from direct legislative advocacy to advocacy directed at the implementation of policy and grassroots advocacy. Implications for the future of statewide legislative advocacy for vulnerable children are discussed.

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  • Garrow, Eve E. & Danziger, Sandra K. & Tillotson, Amanda R., 2015. "Shifting sands that threaten policy advocacy for vulnerable children and youth: A case study," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 211-218.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:53:y:2015:i:c:p:211-218
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.04.004
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