| Social Policy in the United States: Future Possibilities in Historical Perspective Contributor(s): Skocpol, Theda (Author) |
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ISBN: 069103785X ISBN-13: 9780691037851 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $59.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1996 Annotation: Theda Skocpol shows how historical understanding, centered on governmental institutions and political alliances, can illuminate the limits and possibilities of American social policymaking both past and present. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science | American Government - General |
| Dewey: 361.610 |
| Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative P... (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Health care, welfare, Social Security, employment programs--all are part of ongoing national debates about the future of social policy in the United States. In this wide-ranging collection of essays, Theda Skocpol shows how historical understanding, centered on governmental institutions and political alliances, can illuminate the limits and possibilities of American social policymaking both past and present. Skocpol dispels the myth that Americans are inherently hostile to social spending and suggests why President Clinton's health care agenda was so quickly attacked despite the support of most Americans for his goals. |