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The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State
This is the comprehensively-revised second edition of a volume that was welcomed at its first appearance as 'the most authoritative survey and critique of the welfare state yet …
Advanced Introduction to Social Policy
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, …
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 now the focus of national …
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, …
Social Security
Social Security: A Documentary History details the development of U.S. Social Security from its antecedents and founding in 1935 to the controversies of the present day. Filled …
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 …
The Afterworld
COVID-19 sparked the largest global crisis of the 21st century, extending well beyond public health. For some, the impact was swift and dramatic, with the pandemic pushing tens of …