num_pages: 240
description: How did the debate on health reform turn into the most concerted attack on government in recent American history? In this incisive account, a prize-winning social scientist offers deep insights into the changing terrain of U.S. politics and public policy. Because of far-reaching changes in the Reagan era, Theda Skocpol shows, the Clinton Health Security bill became a perfect foil for antigovernment mobilization. Thus its defeat provides a unique window into the new political landscape.
language: English
title: Boomerang: Health Care Reform and the Turn against Government
titlecomplete: Boomerang: Health Care Reform and the Turn against Government
genres: Health Care, History, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 45
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company