Social Policy in the United States

出版者:Princeton University Press

作者:Theda Skocpol

页数:328

出版时间:1995-12-22

价格:USD 49.95

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780691037851

丛书系列:Princeton Studies in American Politics

图书标签:社会学政治学美国研究美国政治Sociology英文原版美国社会救助美国

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.