Revised papers from the second and third of three conference held in Chicago throughout 1984-1985, and sponsored by the Project on the Federal Social Role. Incl

It is a commonplace that the United States lagged behind the countries of Western Europe in developing modern social policies. But, as Theda Skocpol shows in th

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For generations, debating the expansion or contraction of the American welfare state has produced some of the nation's most heated legislative battles. Attempti

By analyzing the competing concerns of different social "actors" behind the evolution of social policy, this study explains why some nations had an easy time in