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The politics of policy change : welfare, Medicare, and social security reform in the United States / Daniel Beland and Alex Waddan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Béland, Daniel.
- Series:
- American governance and public policy.
- American governance and public policy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicare.
- Public welfare--United States.
- Public welfare.
- Social security--United States.
- Social security.
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- United States--Social policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (236 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- For generations, debating the expansion or contraction of the American welfare state has produced some of the nation's most heated legislative battles. Attempting social policy reform is both risky and complicated, especially when it involves dealing with powerful vested interests, sharp ideological disagreements, and a nervous public. The Politics of Policy Change compares and contrasts recent developments in three major federal policy areas in the United States: welfare, Medicare, and Social Security. Daniel Béland and Alex Waddan argue that we should pay close attention to the role of ideas
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Welfare reform, 1996
- Medicare reform, 2003
- The failed attempt at social security reform, 2005
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781589018891
- 1589018893
- OCLC:
- 782879891
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