TY  - BOOK
AU  - Skocpol,Theda
TI  - Social policy in the United States: future possibilities in historical perspective 
T2  - Princeton studies in American politics
SN  - 069103785x (paperback)
AV  - HN57 .S56 1995
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Welfare state
KW  - United States
KW  - Social policy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Health care, welfare, Social Security, employment programs--all are part of ongoing national debates about the future of social policy in the United States. In this wide-ranging collection of essays, Theda Skocpol shows how historical understanding, centered on governmental institutions and political alliances, can illuminate the limits and possibilities of American social policymaking both past and present. Skocpol dispels the myth that Americans are inherently hostile to social spending and suggests why President Clinton's health care agenda was so quickly attacked despite the support of most Americans for his goals
ER  -