How Policies Make Citizens - Senior Political Activism and the American Welfare State : Senior Political Activism and the American Welfare State

LIST OF FIGURES ix LIST OF TABLES xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv CHAPTER ONE Introduction: The Reciprocal Participation-Policy Relationship 1(13) CHAPTER TWO Overview: Rising Senior Participation and the Growth of the American Welfare State 14(24) CHAPTER THREE A Model of Senior Citizen Political Participation 38(27) CHAPTER FOUR Senior Citizen Participation and Policy over Time 65(28) CHAPTER FIVE Policy Threat and Seniors' Distinctive Political Voice 93(22) CHAPTER SIX Congressional Responsiveness 115(10) CHAPTER SEVEN The Reciprocal Participation-Policy Relationship across Programs 125(13) CHAPTER EIGHT Participation, Policymaking, and the Political Implications of Program Design 138(9) APPENDIX A Supplementary Tables 147(14) APPENDIX B Two-Stage Social Security Participation Model 161(4) APPENDIX C Senior/Nonsenior Mobilization Ratios by Party, 1956-96 165(1) APPENDIX D Multiple Interrupted Time-Series Analysis 166(3) NOTES 169(36) REFERENCES 205(16) INDEX 221