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This book examines how DUI laws, an undeniably good public policy, may have had negative unintended consequences for the Elks, one of the oldest lodge-based voluntary associations in America. To examine this empirically, author John C. Mero conducted interviews with fifty-five California and Florida Elk Exalted Rulers.

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Introduction Chapter 1. The Elks, MADD, and DUI Policy: A Line of Inquiry? Part I Chapter 2. From Jolly Corks to Elks Chapter 3. The Elk Lodge Bar Chapter 4. American Fraternal Associations and the Elks Part II Chapter 5. The Origin and Growth of MADD Chapter 6. Interest Groups, Professional Advocacy Groups, and MADD Part III Chapter 7. MADD on the Rise: Leveraging State Action to Enact DUI Policy Chapter 8. Elks in Decline: How DUI Policy and Other Factors Affect Association Membership Chapter 9. Why Is the Decline of the Elks Important? Part IV Chapter 10. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
      Publication Date: 4/29/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780761865599, 978-0761865599
      ISBN10: 0761865594

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book examines how DUI laws, an undeniably good public policy, may have had negative unintended consequences for the Elks, one of the oldest lodge-based voluntary associations in America. To examine this empirically, author John C. Mero conducted interviews with fifty-five California and Florida Elk Exalted Rulers.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Chapter 1. The Elks, MADD, and DUI Policy: A Line of Inquiry? Part I Chapter 2. From Jolly Corks to Elks Chapter 3. The Elk Lodge Bar Chapter 4. American Fraternal Associations and the Elks Part II Chapter 5. The Origin and Growth of MADD Chapter 6. Interest Groups, Professional Advocacy Groups, and MADD Part III Chapter 7. MADD on the Rise: Leveraging State Action to Enact DUI Policy Chapter 8. Elks in Decline: How DUI Policy and Other Factors Affect Association Membership Chapter 9. Why Is the Decline of the Elks Important? Part IV Chapter 10. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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