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The Politics of Policy Change

Welfare, Medicare, and Social Security Reform in the United States

By: Daniel Béland,Alex Waddan

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The Politics of Policy Change

Welfare, Medicare, and Social Security Reform in the United States

By: Daniel Béland,Alex Waddan

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 when explaining the motivations for, and obstacles to, policy change. This insightful book concentrates on three cases of social policy reform (or attempted reform) that took place during the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Béland and Waddan further employ their framework to help explain the meaning of the 2010 health insurance reform and other developments that have taken place during the Obama presidency. The result is a book that will improve our understanding of the politics of policy change in contemporary federal politics.

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Georgetown University Press

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1589018842

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The American Right After Reagan

By: Edward Ashbee,John Dumbrell,Alex Waddan

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The American Right After Reagan

By: Edward Ashbee,John Dumbrell,Alex Waddan

This timely and significant book provides a comprehensive overview of right-wing ideology and policy-making in the years since Ronald Reagan left office. The authors assess the ways in which the Reagan legacy, rather than the empirical realities of his tenure, has impacted economic, social and cultural policy formation and conservative efforts at reshaping the United States. Against this background, they provide an explanation for why the Republican party turned towards Donald Trump.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1788114809

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9781788114806

Obamacare Wars

Federalism, State Politics, and the Affordable Care Act

By: Daniel Béland,Philip Rocco,Alex Waddan

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Obamacare Wars

Federalism, State Politics, and the Affordable Care Act

By: Daniel Béland,Philip Rocco,Alex Waddan

Not five minutes after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law, in March 2010, Virginia’s attorney general was suing to stop it. And yet, the ACA rolled out, in infamously bumpy fashion, and rolled on, fought and defended at every turn—despite President Obama’s claim, in 2014, that its proponents and opponents could finally “stop fighting old political battles that keep us gridlocked.” But not only would the battles not stop, as Obamacare Wars makes acutely clear, they spread from Washington, DC, to a variety of new arenas. The first thorough account of the implementation of the ACA, this book reveals the fissures the act exposed in the American federal system. Obamacare Wars shows how the law’s intergovernmental structure, which entails the participation of both the federal government and the states, has deeply shaped the politics of implementation. Focusing on the creation of insurance exchanges, the expansion of Medicaid, and execution of regulatory reforms, Daniel Béland, Philip Rocco, and Alex Waddan examine how opponents of the ACA fought back against its implementation. They also explain why opponents of the law were successful in some efforts and not in others—and not necessarily in a seemingly predictable red vs. blue pattern. Their work identifies the role of policy legacies, institutional fragmentation, and public sentiments in each instance as states grappled with new institutions, as in the case of the exchanges, or existing structures, in Medicaid and regulatory reform. Looking broadly at national trends and specifically at the experience of individual states, Obamacare Wars brings much-needed clarity to highly controversial but little-understood aspects of the Affordable Care Act’s odyssey, with implications for how we understand the future trajectory of health reform, as well as the multiple forms of federalism in American politics.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700635076

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9780700635078

Obama V. Trump

The Politics of Rollback

By: Clodagh Harrington,Alex Waddan

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Obama V. Trump

The Politics of Rollback

By: Clodagh Harrington,Alex Waddan

This book determines what can legitimately be regarded as the legacy of the Obama presidency and investigates how far the Trump administration has reversed it.

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New Perspectives on the Americ

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1474447015

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9781474447010

The History of al-Ṭabarī Volume XL

Index

By: Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī,Alex V. Popovkin,Everett K. Rowson

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The History of al-Ṭabarī Volume XL

Index

By: Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī,Alex V. Popovkin,Everett K. Rowson

The index to the 39-volume History of al-Tabari.

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SUNY Press

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0791472515

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9780791472514

Obama V. Trump

The Politics of Presidential Legacy and Rollback

By: Clodagh Harrington,Alex Waddan

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Obama V. Trump

The Politics of Presidential Legacy and Rollback

By: Clodagh Harrington,Alex Waddan

This book determines what can legitimately be regarded as the legacy of the Obama presidency and investigates how far the Trump administration has reversed it.

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New Perspectives on the Americ

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Obamacare Wars

Federalism, State Politics, and the Affordable Care Act

By: Daniel Béland,Philip Rocco,Alex Waddan

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Federalism, State Politics, and the Affordable Care Act

By: Daniel Béland,Philip Rocco,Alex Waddan

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The Politics of Policy Change

Welfare, Medicare, and Social Security Reform in the United States

By: Daniel Béland,Alex Waddan

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Welfare, Medicare, and Social Security Reform in the United States

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Georgetown University Press

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1589018842

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Clinton's Legacy

A New Democrat In Governance

By: A. Waddan

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Clinton's Legacy

A New Democrat In Governance

By: A. Waddan

As Clinton left office there was little consensus even among Democrats as to the significance of his political legacy. He was keen to stress that enduring changes had been made to American society. Critics, however, were less convinced that Clintonism had developed an integrated vision of governance. This book examines whether the Clinton experience does illustrate the value of the New Democrat and Third Way agenda.

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Palgrave Macmillan

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0333735757

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9780333735756

The American Right After Reagan

By: Edward Ashbee,John Dumbrell,Alex Waddan

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The American Right After Reagan

By: Edward Ashbee,John Dumbrell,Alex Waddan

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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The Politics of Policy Change

The Politics of Policy Change

The American Right After Reagan

The American Right After Reagan

Obamacare Wars

Obamacare Wars

Obama V. Trump

Obama V. Trump

The History of al-Ṭabarī Volume XL

The History of al-Ṭabarī Volume XL

Obama V. Trump

Obama V. Trump

Obamacare Wars

Obamacare Wars

The Politics of Policy Change

The Politics of Policy Change

Clinton's Legacy

Clinton's Legacy

The American Right After Reagan

The American Right After Reagan

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