num_pages: 328
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.
language: English
title: Social Policy in the United States
titlecomplete: Social Policy in the United States
genres: History, Economics, Politics, Political Science, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 21
publisher: Princeton University Press