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Social Policy (Post-Reformation Thought) Illustrated Edition
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- 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
- ISBN-101577181204
- ISBN-13978-1577181200
- EditionIllustrated
- PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons
- Publication dateFebruary 14, 1998
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6.69 x 0.77 x 9.56 inches
- Print length340 pages
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"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
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In this comprehensive collection of new essays, the conservative notion that dependency on government is the fundamental problem plaguing America, is challenged. On the contrary, the contributors find that conservative policies only lead to a cycle of recision. The effort to balance the budget, sustained military expenditure, the devolution of social programs, and welfare reform have lead to increased poverty and a future cost to society.
Included in this collection are leading experts on social and economic policy including Zillah Eisenstein, Frances Fox Piven, Ann Markusen, Harvey Molotch, James Petras, Jill Quadagno, Judith Stacey and Ron Walters.
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In this comprehensive collection of new essays, the conservative notion that dependency on government is the fundamental problem plaguing America, is challenged. On the contrary, the contributors find that conservative policies only lead to a cycle of recision. The effort to balance the budget, sustained military expenditure, the devolution of social programs, and welfare reform have lead to increased poverty and a future cost to society.
Included in this collection are leading experts on social and economic policy including Zillah Eisenstein, Frances Fox Piven, Ann Markusen, Harvey Molotch, James Petras, Jill Quadagno, Judith Stacey and Ron Walters.
About the Author
Michael Schwartz is Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is the author of The Power Structure of American Business (Mizurchi and Schwartz, CUP, 1987), and The Social Construction of Industry (McGuire, Granovetter and Schwartz, CUP, 1996). He writes extensively in the areas of economic and political sociology, and social stratification.
Product details
- Publisher : John Wiley & Sons; Illustrated edition (February 14, 1998)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 340 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1577181204
- ISBN-13 : 978-1577181200
- Item Weight : 1.42 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.69 x 0.77 x 9.56 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #8,649,537 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,809 in Public Affairs
- #5,786 in Public Affairs & Administration (Books)
- #12,179 in Public Policy (Books)
About the author

Clarence Lo is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Missouri at Columbia, MO. He earned his bachelor's degree at Harvard University and PhD in Sociology at the University of California at Berkeley. In addition to the books shown here, he has published many academic journal articles and book chapters.
He is the author of “Business Collaboration Within the Nazi War Machine: Corporations and the State in the Austrian Semiperiphery” Canadian Review of Sociology, 56:4 (November 2019), 503-528 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cars.12262
He has also written “AstroTurf Versus Grass Roots: Scenes from Early Tea Party Mobilization,” Chapter 4 in Larry Rosenthal and Christine Trost, Eds, Steep: The Precipitous Rise of the Tea Party. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. He also wrote, "Communities of Challengers in Social Movement Theory." In Aldon Morris and Carol Muller, eds., The Frontiers in Social Movement Theory. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1992, pp. 224-27, and "Countermovements and Conservative Movements in the Contemporary U.S." Pp. 107-134 in R.H. Turner and J.F. Short, Jr. (eds.), Annual Review of Sociology, vol. 8 (1982). Palo Alto, Ca.: Annual Reviews, Inc.
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