Social Policy in the United States(English, Paperback, Skocpol Theda)

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Social Policy in the United States(English, Paperback, Skocpol Theda) is written by Skocpol Theda and published by Princeton University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 069103785X (ISBN 10) and 9780691037851 (ISBN 13).

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.