ing about parties. Smith notes that studies typically focus on two sources of party influence: direct, positive influence wherein party leaders may offer some type of incentive to entice a member to act on behalf of the party, or, an indirect, negative influence wherein party leaders may use their agenda-setting powers to prevent floor consideration of proposals that would increase their member...

The authors describe how advanced practice nurses in Pennsylvania were able to successfully advocate for nursing-related legislative reforms through Governor Edward G. Rendell's signature health care reform plan (the "Prescription for Pennsylvania"). In addition to discussing advocacy efforts related to a series of nursing-related bills considered by the Pennsylvania Assembly in 2007, the artic...

We analyse coalition-building in feminist mobilisations times of crisis two similar cases: Spain and Italy. Based on social movement literature, we develop key arguments. First, austerity-ridden scenarios, connecting socio-economic grievances demands is for the mass to follow. Second, anti-austerity struggles must resonate across different dimensions coalition-building, both within movements fe...

The DISCUS (Decentralized Information Spaces for Composition and Unification of Services) project is building Columbia PSL's “proof-of-concept” realization of NICCI. NICCI (Network-centric Infrastructure for Command, Control and Intelligence) is a prospective DARPA program concerned with coalition forces in crisis situations; similar requirements are presented by tomorrow’s enterprise applicati...