Under the Influence: A Case Study of the Elks, MADD, and DUI Policy - Hardcover

Mero, John C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761865594 ISBN 13: 9780761865599

Verlag: University Press of America, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

What are the potentially negative consequences of an undeniably good public policy? Under the Influence examines how the Elks, one of the oldest lodge-based voluntary associations in America, may have been impacted by government policies such as DUI laws. To examine this empirically, author John C. Mero conducted interviews with fifty-five California and Florida Elk Exalted Rulers. What emerges from the interviews is a voluntary association in transition: having been affected by stricter DUI laws and other government policies over the past few decades, the Elks are reevaluating their approach to associational life. They have demonstrated a willingness to change with the times since their founding as the Jolly Corks in 1884, and-in response to the unintended consequences of more recent government policies-the Elks are seeking new opportunities to contribute to American civil society.

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John C. Mero is an assistant professor of political science and public administration at Campbell University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0761865594
• ISBN 13: 9780761865599
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 152
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