ID | 140212 |
Title Proper | Paul Pierson’s dismantling the welfare state |
Other Title Information | a twentieth anniversary reassessment |
Language | ENG |
Author | Patashnik, Eric M |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | Paul Pierson’s Dismantling the Welfare State is a modern classic. For two decades, Pierson’s theoretically innovative and empirically grounded account of the Reagan and Thatcher administrations’ retrenchment eff orts has provided the intellectual foundation for the study of the politics of the welfare state after the golden age. The winner of the Gladys M. Kammerer Award for the best book in the fi eld of US national policy, Dismantling the Welfare State has been cited some 3,500 times in Google Scholar and remains essential reading for scholars of comparative politics, American politics, and policy studies. |
`In' analytical Note | Political Science and Politics Vol. 48, No.2; Apr 2015: p.267 - 269 |
Journal Source | Political Science and Politics 2015-06 48, 2 |
Key Words | Welfare State ; Paul Pierso ; Dismantling ; Twentieth Anniversary ; Reassessment |