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CAN BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES PROMOTE WORK? by Mead, Lawrence M.

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ECONOMISM IS NOT ENOUGH by Mead, Lawrence M.

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Only connect: Why government often ignores research by Mead, Lawrence M.

“…Most academic research on public policy achieves little influence in government. The disconnect reflects the different ways researchers and government learn…”
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Cultural Change and Political Character by Mead, Lawrence M.

“…American democracy presumes a culture of moderate individualism where people assert their own interests with limits and are trusting and civic toward others…”
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Cultural Difference by Mead, Lawrence M.

“…President Trump’s criticisms of minorities, immigrants, and poor countries, while controversial, point to the need to discuss cultural differences more…”
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Scholasticism in Political Science by Mead, Lawrence M.

“…Criticism of trends in political science centers on specific methodologies—quantitative methods or rational choice. However, the more worrisome development is…”
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American Power: The Challenge Within by Mead, Lawrence M.

“…The main threat to continued American leadership abroad is social problems at home. These include poverty and the decline of the working class, both of them…”
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Reforming Political Science by Mead, Lawrence M.

“…Political science is in decline because it has become too focused on methodological precision, has lost contact with public policy, and recruits only among…”
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Trump’s Impact: The End of Sameness by Mead, Lawrence M.

“…In his startling run for president, Donald Trump dared to question the official orthodoxy that all races and ethic groups are the same. He is correct in that…”
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Immigration: The Cultural Dimension by Mead, Lawrence M.

“…The immigration debate has ignored effects on American culture. The United States has become a multicultural society, which is good, but rapid immigration…”
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On the "How" of Social Experiments: Using Implementation Research to Get Inside the Black Box by Mead, Lawrence M.

“…Implementation research supports impact evaluation by determining how programs have been carried out prior to evaluation, studying what internal features…”
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The Primacy Contest: Why Culture Matters by Mead, Lawrence M.

“…Discussions of whether American primacy will continue focus unduly on specific power differences between the United States and its Asian rivals. Appraisals…”
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Teaching Public Policy: Linking Policy and Politics by Mead, Lawrence M.

“…Policy makers constantly struggle to reconcile policy and politics—to square what they want to do on the merits with what consent requires. Academic research…”
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Neoliberalism, Race, and the American Welfare State: A Discussion of Joe Soss, Richard C. Fording, and Sanford F. Schram's Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race by Mead, Lawrence M.

“…Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race. By Joe Soss, Richard C. Fording, and Sanford F. Schram. Chicago: University of…”
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Implementing Work Programs for Poor Men by Mead, Lawrence M.

“…How might work levels among low‐income men be raised, as they were for welfare mothers in the 1990s? This study expands the relevant literature on both social…”
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Welfare Politics in Congress by Mead, Lawrence M.

“…The stakes of political conflict involve contending values and issue definitions as well as policy. Welfare reform was the most important change in American…”
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Why we need work programs for fathers by Mead, Lawrence M.

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The Universities: Avatars of Modernity by Mead, Lawrence M.

“…In the discussion below, I first describe the ideal of the university as it existed in the 1960s, and next the recent tendencies that violate that ideal. I…”
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The need for institutions by Mead, Lawrence M.

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Welfare Politics in Congress by Mead, Lawrence M.

“…Figures 3–5 were printed incorrectly on pp. 351–52 of the above publication. The correct figures, titles, and captions, are presented below…”
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