Author: Theda Skocpol

In the opening pages of this powerful examination of American politics, Theda Skocpol reveals a curious pattern: Our politicians argue over program...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama in March 2010 is a landmark in U.S. social legislation, and the Supreme Co...

Health care, welfare, Social Security, employment programs--all are part of ongoing national debates about the future of social policy in the Unite...

From the nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries, millions of American men and women participated in fraternal associations--self-selecting ...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama in March 2010 is a landmark in U.S. social legislation, and the Supreme Co...

In the heyday of American labor, the influence of local unions extended far beyond the workplace. Unions were embedded in tight-knit communities, t...

Barack Obama’s galvanizing victory in 2008, coming amid the greatest economic crisis since the 1930s, opened the door to major reforms. But the pre...