Tilly Analysis
From digmovements
What is the over all goal it wishes to accomplish?
I think the overall goal of my movement is to provide health coverage to all American's no matter what kind of income, gender or race.
Sherry A Glied "Universal Coverage One Head at a Time -- The Risks and Benefits of Individual Health Insurance Mandates." The New England Journal of Medicine 358, no. 15 (April 10, 2008): 1540-1542. http://0-www.proquest.com.cals.evergreen.edu:80/ (accessed April 23, 2008).
What is the campaign plan to achieve this goal? The plan is to inform and hopefully gain support through the political process to inspire change through bills etc.
Samuel Y Sessions, Philip R Lee. "A Road Map for Universal Coverage: Finding a Pass through the Financial Mountains." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 33, no. 2 (April 1, 2008): 155. http://0-www.proquest.com.cals.evergreen.edu:80/ (accessed April 23,
Who are the participants in the movement? Doctors, general citizens, elderly, college students
Who are the proponents initiating and guiding the movement? Social Interest groups, students, citizens, doctors
Who are the active followers? Social Interest Groups
Who or what are the powers the movement targets? A lot of the movement is powered by people who are concerned with Health Care who organize themselves online.
Who is in between? As public observers? Allies? “Objects of reform”? When comes to this a big in between player is the tax payers and some health care companies along with some medicine companies.
What are the movement’s specific political goals? So every0ne has universal health care.
What shared traits or social positions hold the movement’s activists and followers together? The idea that health care should be affordable to all people, and that it should be free almost.
What political rights make the movement possible? What material conditions? There is a lot of people out there that are uninsured and that need health care.
Are web technologies creating/transforming your movement? They are providing a tool so people can get informed on the issue.
