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Ideas and Politics in Social Science Research
Writing about ideas, John Maynard Keynes noted that they are "more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else." One would expect, therefore, …
Putting Federalism in Its Place
What does federalism do to welfare states? This question arises in scholarly debates about policy design as well as in discussions about the right political institutions for a …
Nationalism and Social Policy
Despite the recent proliferation of literature on nationalism and on social policy, relatively little has been written to analyse the possible interaction between the two. Scholars …
Social Security
Everyone agrees that Social Security's future is in jeopardy--or is it? Long viewed as the third rail of American politics, Social Security is a major political issue, and many …
Oxford Handbook of U.S. Social Policy
The American welfare state has long been a source of political contention and academic debate. This Oxford Handbook pulls together much of our current knowledge about the origins, …
What is Social Policy?
From housing, pensions and family benefits, to health care, unemployment insurance and social assistance, the welfare state is a key aspect of our lives. But social programs are …
Ideas, Political Power, and Public Policy
Through the last couple of decades, scholars on both sides of the Atlantic have increasingly emphasized the importance of political ideas in understanding processes of change and …
Obamacare Wars
Not five minutes after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law, in March 2010, Virginia’s attorney general was suing to stop it. And yet, the ACA rolled out, in …
Analysing Social Policy Concepts and Language
Social policy scholars and practitioners work with concepts such as “welfare state” and “social security” but where do these concepts come from and how has their meaning changed …