Social Policy in the United States: Future Possibilities in Historical Perspective

by Theda Skocpol

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069103785X
• ISBN13: 9780691037851
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"