{"product_id":"still-a-hollow-hope-anthony-d-cooling-9780472055609","title":"Still a Hollow Hope: State Power and the Second Amendment","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Supreme Court increasingly matters in American political life when those across the political spectrum look at the Court for relief from policies they oppose and as another venue for advancing their own policy agendas. However, the evidence is mounting, to include this book in a big way, that courts are more of a sideshow to the culture war. While court decisions, especially Supreme Court decisions, do have importance, the decisions emanating from the Court reflect social, cultural, and political change that occurred long prior to their decision ever being made. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book tests how much political and social change has been made primarily through Gerald Rosenberg's framework from his seminal work, \u003ci\u003eThe Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change\u003c\/i\u003e, but it also utilizes Daniel Elazar's Political Culture Theory to explain state level variations in political and social change. The findings indicate that while courts are not powerless institutions, reformers will not have success unless supported by the public and the elected branches, and most specifically, that preexisting state culture is a determining factor in the amount of change courts make. In short, federalism still matters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony D. Cooling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472055607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472055609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs","brand":"Anthony D. Cooling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069386027263,"sku":"9780472055609","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e73aed74-4af8-4a39-9399-e4390ce34fb1.jpg?v=1685424432","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/still-a-hollow-hope-anthony-d-cooling-9780472055609","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}