Title: The social divide : political parties and the future of activist government /
Authors: Weir, Margaret, 1952-
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press ; Russell Sage Foundation,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Political parties United States; United States Social policy; United States Politics and government
Contents: Political parties and social policymaking / Margaret Weir -- A tale of two Congresses: social policy in the Clinton years / John Ferejohn -- The politicization of public opinion: the fight for the pulpit / Lawrence R. Jacobs and Robert Y. Shapiro -- The deficit and the politics of domestic reform / Paul Pierson -- The politics of health care policy: overreaching in an age of polarization / Mark A. Peterson -- Inviting business to the party: the corporate response to social policy / Cathy Jo Martin -- Wages and jobs: what is the public role? / Margaret Weir -- The troubled success of crime policy / Ann Chih Lin -- Ending welfare as we know it / R. Kent Weaver -- Race and the politics of social policy / Linda Faye Williams -- Urban policy at the crossroads / John Mollenkopf -- American politics and the futre of social policy / Margaret Weir.