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Cover -- Half Title -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1 Social Movement Theory and Tobacco Control -- 2 Tobacco Use and Tobacco Control in the United States -- 3 The Single-Issue Groups -1 -- 4 The Single-Issue Groups -2 -- 5 The Health Voluntaries -- 6 The Health Professionals and Health Care Organizations -- 7 The State -- 8 The Opposition -- 9 Arenas of Contention -- 10 Conclusion -- References -- Index

The role of anti-drunken-driving social movement organizations (SMOs) in creating legislative change was examined through analysis of survey, economic, & demographic data related to passage in 1985 of state laws raising the drinking age to 21. The legislative impact deriving from six characteristics of SMOs are discussed: resources, age, coverage, level of activity & emphasis on pursuing particular goals, legitimacy, & network characteristics. SMO focus on legislative activity & group legitimacy, including such variables as president's victim (of drunk driving) status & % of victim membership were significantly related to probability of passage of age 21 legislation. SMO age, size, & revenues had no significant relationship with legislative impact. The political context of the movement against drinking & driving is discussed. 1 Table, 61 References. Adapted from the source document.

The article comments on taxation. Taxes can only be imposed on the basis of information that is available to the government. There are fundamental asymmetries in the information that individuals have and that governments have. Individuals and firms can be selective in the information that they make available. The effect of a tax cannot be analyzed in isolation, only the effects of a tax system, the full set of taxes which are levied, can be assessed. Moreover, one has to look beneath the surface and at the full general equilibrium consequences of the tax system. The fact that the government imposes half of the social security tax on employers and half on employees does not mean that half of the tax is really borne by employers. The fact that interest on state and local bonds is tax exempt does not mean that it is those who buy these bonds who get most of the benefits of this provision. The consequences of the corporation income tax depend on whether or not capital gains receive special treatment. The methods by which taxes were avoided were variants and generalizations of some commonly employed tax avoidance devices.