Social Policy and the Conservative Agenda
Michael Schwartz editor Clarence Y H Lo editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:17th Jan '98
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
A comprehensive collection of original essays by leading experts on social and econmic policy including Frances Fox Piven, Harvey Molotch, Jill Quadagno, James Petras, and Judith Stacey. This volume challenges the conservative notion that the fundamental problem plaguing America is dependancy on government and further cuts only lead to a cycle of recision.
- Newly published articles by the leading experts in social and economic policy
- Explores conservative social policy of the late twentieth century
- Contains articles on welfare reform, health care, military spending and economic policy
"This is an impressive volume. It is filled with original insights on recent federal policies on domestic issues. I can think of no work that sheds more light on why the conservative political movement was able to seep through the Clinton administration and influence its economic and social policies." William Julius Wilson, Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
"Not just during the Reagan and Bush presidencies, but under Clinton's, social policy has veered rightwards. This excellent collection of smart, sassy, analytically-grounded essays by a first-rate group of scholars offers detailed policy analyses--spanning issues of race, the welfare state, sexuality, and the military, among other topics--and provides broad, provocative overviews of the politics of our time. It is certain to provoke fresh considerations and challenge settled views." Ira I Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University
ISBN: 9781577181194
Dimensions: 255mm x 180mm x 29mm
Weight: 794g
336 pages