@Book{164692738,
author="Skocpol, Theda",
title="Social policy in the United States: future possibilities in historical perspective",
series="Princeton studies in American politics Historical, international, and comparative perspectives",
year="1995",
publisher="Princeton Univ. Press",
address="Princeton, NJ",
keywords="Welfare state; Innenpolitik; Sozialpolitik; Sozialversicherung; Krankenversicherung; Rentenversicherung; Altersversorgung; Veteran; Sozialstaat; Soziale Sicherheit; Wohlfahrtsstaat; Sozialhilfe; Gesundheitswesen; Reform; United States; Social policy; USA; United StatesSocial policy",
contents="American social policies: future possibilities in historical perspective -- State formation and social policy in the United States -- America's first social security system: the expansion of benefits for Civil War veterans -- Gender and the origins of modern social policies in Britain and the United States (with Gretchen Ritter) -- The road to social security (with G. John Ikenberry) -- Redefining the New Deal: World War II and the development of social provision in the United States (with Edwin Amenta) -- The limits of the New Deal system and the roots of contemporary welfare dilemmas -- ``Brother, can you spare a job?''  Work and welfare in the United States -- Targeting within universalism: politically viable policies to combat poverty in the United States -- Is the time finally ripe? Health insurance reforms in the 1990s -- From social security to health security? -- Remaking U.S. social policies for the 21st century.",
abstract="Reforming health care, revamping the welfare system, preserving or cutting Social Security, creating employment programs for displaced employees, and revising U.S. social programs to help working parents with children - all of these endeavors and more are part of ongoing national debates about the future of social policy in the United States. In this wide-ranging collection of essays, renowned social scientist Theda Skocpol shows how historical understanding, centered on U.S. governmental institutions and shifting political alliances, can illuminate the limits and possibilities of American social policymaking both past and present",
note="Theda Skocpol",
note="Includes bibliographical references",
isbn="0691037868",
language="English"
}