Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics by Jamila Miche

Description: Fragmented Democracy by Jamila Michener This book is about how Medicaid intersects with federalism and how it affects the lives of the people who use it and shapes their democratic citizenship. The primary audience is academics and informed members of the public interested in American politics, public policy, healthcare, inequality, contextual effects, and democracy. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Medicaid is the single largest public health insurer in the United States, covering upwards of 70 million Americans. Crucially, Medicaid is also an intergovernmental program that yokes poverty to federalism: the federal government determines its broad contours, while states have tremendous discretion over how Medicaid is designed and implemented. Where some locales are generous and open handed, others are tight-fisted and punitive. In Fragmented Democracy, Jamila Michener demonstrates the consequences of such disparities for democratic citizenship. Unpacking how federalism transforms Medicaid beneficiaries interpretations of government and structures their participation in politics, the book examines American democracy from the vantage point(s) of those who are living in or near poverty, (disproportionately) Black or Latino, and reliant on a federated government for vital resources. Author Biography Jamila Michener is Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University, New York. She is a leading expert in the study of poverty, racial inequality, politics and public policy in the United States. Her work has been supported by the Russell Sage Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. She is a faculty affiliate at the Center for the Study of Inequality, a graduate field faculty member in the Africana Studies Department, a faculty affiliate in the American Studies Program, and an affiliate at the Cornell Population Center. As a publicly engaged scholar, Michener is also co-leader of the Finger Lakes Branch of the Scholars Strategy Network, sits on the advisory board of the Cornell Prison Education Program, and teaches regularly in local prisons. Prior to coming to Cornell, she received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago and completed a postdoctoral fellowship as a Health Policy Scholar at the University of Michigan. Table of Contents 1. Medicaid, political life and fragmented democracy; 2. Federalism, citizenship and contextualized policy feedback; 3. Federalism, healthcare and inequity: past and present; 4. The mis(education) of Medicaid beneficiaries in the American states; 5. Pushing back: particularistic resistance in county contexts; 6. Going local: people, places and social policy in the city; 7. Nothing about us, without us: policy advocacy in a fragmented polity; 8. Federalism, policy and political inequality; References; Appendix A: qualitative interviews; Appendix B: statistical tables; Index. Review I have not read a book in a better part of a decade where I learned as much or where my ideas of American federalism were so usefully challenged. With incredibly keen insight and breathtaking analysis, Jamila Michener unearths the dire ramifications of how people-based policies intersect with place-based inequalities. Federalism may feed liberty but it also undermines equality, one of our nations most cherished ideals. … Fragmented Democracy will revive debates about democracy in America, federalism and its consequences, racialized poverty and political inequality, and the importance of place in political life. The message takes on urgent importance in our time, pushing us to reimagine the policy at the local, state, and national levels. … An extraordinary achievement. Vesla Mae Weave, Michael Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology, The Johns Hopkins UniversityThis blockbuster book uses a rich, multi-method approach to examine the profound implications of federalism for American democracy. Due to the heterogeneity arising from giving policy responsibilities to state and local governments, the poor face extraordinarily varying levels of policy responsiveness and political incorporation, based on the lottery of where they happen to live. Everyone interested in poverty, inequality, and citizen participation should read this deeply creative and thought-provoking analysis. Andrea Louise Campbell, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyJamila Michener has given scholars and citizens a great gift. Fragmented Democracy is a tour de force of empirical political analysis that doubles as an unusually humane and incisive meditation on the troubled state of American citizenship. … Fragmented Democracy is a powerful work of critical, empirically grounded political analysis. It deserves to be widely read and discussed. Joe Soss, Cowles Professor for the Study of Public Service, University of MinnesotaJamila Michener has written a powerful, engaging and urgent book that shows, with devastating clarity, the effects of our federal system on the political equality of tens of millions of Americans, particularly the poor and African-Americans. Lisa L. Miller, Rutgers University, New JerseyThe book … contributes to our understanding of minority politics and racial inequality in the American context, as Medicaid disproportionally serves people of color who live in or near poverty. At the micro-level, the author does an exceptional job putting a face to those who experience the injustices of the Medicaid system. Mariely Lopez-Santana, Publius: The Journal of Federalism Promotional Because of federalism, Medicaid takes very different forms in different places. This has dramatic and crucial consequences for democratic citizenship. Review Quote Advance praise: I have not read a book in a better part of a decade where I learned as much or where my ideas of American federalism were so usefully challenged. With incredibly keen insight and breathtaking analysis, Jamila Michener unearths the dire ramifications of how people-based policies intersect with place-based inequalities. Federalism may feed liberty but it also undermines equality, one of our nations most cherished ideals. ... Fragmented Democracy will revive debates about democracy in America, federalism and its consequences, racialized poverty and political inequality, and the importance of place in political life. The message takes on urgent importance in our time, pushing us to reimagine the policy at the local, state, and national levels. ... An extraordinary achievement. Vesla Mae Weave, Michael Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology, The Johns Hopkins University Promotional "Headline" Because of federalism, Medicaid takes very different forms in different places. This has dramatic and crucial consequences for democratic citizenship. Description for Bookstore This book is about how Medicaid intersects with federalism and how it affects the lives of the people who use it and shapes their democratic citizenship. The primary audience is academics and informed members of the public interested in American politics, public policy, healthcare, inequality, contextual effects, and democracy. Description for Library This book is about how Medicaid intersects with federalism and how it affects the lives of the people who use it and shapes their democratic citizenship. The primary audience is academics and informed members of the public interested in American politics, public policy, healthcare, inequality, contextual effects, and democracy. Details ISBN131664958X Author Jamila Michener Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 2018 ISBN-10 131664958X ISBN-13 9781316649589 Format Paperback Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Affiliation Cornell University, New York Media Book DEWEY 368.4200973 Publication Date 2018-03-22 Pages 236 Short Title Fragmented Democracy Language English UK Release Date 2018-03-22 AU Release Date 2018-03-22 NZ Release Date 2018-03-22 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; 11 Tables, black and white; 3 Maps; 3 Halftones, black and white; 13 Line drawings, black and white Alternative 9781108224987 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:117945075;

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