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Countermobilization

Policy Feedback and Backlash in a Polarized Age
By Eric M. Patashnik
Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics
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An essential look at how and why backlash movements are inherent to US policymaking. Eric M. Patashnik explores how even successful policies can provoke opposition, revealing that backlash arises when policies impose losses, overreach, or challenge deeply held arrangements. Through case studies spanning immigration, trade, healthcare, gun control, and more, Countermobilization shows how political polarisation, cultural shifts, and reactions from government activism fuel backlash, offering vital insights to anticipate and manage these risks.
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An essential look at how and why backlash movements are inherent to US policymaking.

The most successful policies not only solve problems; they also build supportive coalitions. Yet, sometimes, policies trigger backlash and mobilise opposition. Although backlash is not a new phenomenon, today’s political landscape is distinguished by the frequency and pervasiveness of backlash in nearly every area of US policymaking, from abortion rights to the Affordable Care Act.

Eric M. Patashnik develops a policy-centred theory of backlash that illuminates how policies stimulate backlashes by imposing losses, overreaching, or challenging existing arrangements to which people are strongly attached. Drawing on case studies of issues from immigration and trade to healthcare and gun control, Countermobilization shows that backlash politics is fuelled by polarisation, cultural shifts, and negative feedback from the activist government itself. It also offers crucial insights to help identify and navigate backlash risks.

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"Patashnik identifies the reasons for the increasing frequency and intensity of policy backlash, offering guidance for policymakers to sustain reforms." Choice
Paul Pierson, University of California, Berkeley: "A masterful analysis bringing overdue attention to the politics of backlash, valuable for both observers and practical policymakers."
"Leading policy analyst Eric Patashnik offers a penetrating theory of backlash politics, clarifying why organised interests rise against enacted policies."

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780226829890

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 December 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: University of Chicago Press

Illustration: 25 line drawings, 19 tables

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 426g

Pages: 256

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Education & Reference Eric M. Patashnik Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics

About the Author

Eric M. Patashnik is professor of public policy and political science at Brown University. His books include Reforms at Risk: What Happens After Major Policy Changes Are Enacted.

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