American Society and Politics: Institutional, Historical, and Theoretical Perspectives : a Reader

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Theda Skocpol, John L. Campbell
McGraw-Hill, 1995 - History - 542 pages
An edited collection of readings offering a combination of institutional, historical and theoretical perspectives on US political institutions and public policymaking, and on the social groups and movements that have participated in modern American national politics. Cutting across disciplinary boundaries, this volume brings together important articles by prominent political sociologists, political scientists and historians.

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CONTEMPORARY POLITICS AND 32 Stephen S Cohen and John
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THE STATE AND CAPITALISM
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About the author (1995)

Theda Skocpol is professor of government and sociology at Harvard University and the author of Boomerang: Health Care Reform and the Turn Against Government.

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