Citizen Perceptions of Channels for Urban Service Advocacy |
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| Authors: | SHARP ELAINE B |
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| Institution: | Elaine B. Sharp is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Research Associate in the Center for Public Affairs, University of Kansas. The data reported here were collected by the Police Service Study, a joint project of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University and the Center for Urban and Regional Studies at the University of North Carolina, with funding support from the National Science Foundation through Grant GI 43949. Analytical work was done under grant from the University of Kansas General Research Fund Allocation. The conclusions here are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the funding agency. |
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| Abstract: | Citizen recognition of channels for advocating change in policeservice is explored in the light of factors that might leadto recognition of a citizen organization rather than to a directcontact with a public official. Hypotheses to be tested usedboth individual and contextual factors that may influence whetheran advocacy channel is recognized and what channel is recognized.Sense of political efficacy is used as an intervening variable.The analysis shows that the poor, the less educated, minorities,and residents of large cities are all less likely to recognizea channel for advocating police service change. The data providelimited support for a "compensatory" interpretation of the roleof citizen organizations in urban service advocacy. |
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