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A Public Transformed? Welfare Reform as Policy Feedback by SOSS, JOE, SCHRAM, SANFORD F.

“…This article analyzes the strategic use of public policy as a tool for reshaping public opinion. In the 1990s, “progressive revisionists” argued that, by…”
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Lessons of Welfare: Policy Design, Political Learning, and Political Action by Soss, Joe

“…This article explores the links between welfare participation and broader forms of political involvement. Adopting a political learning perspective, I present…”
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A Debt of Care: Commercial Bail and the Gendered Logic of Criminal Justice Predation by Page, Joshua, Piehowski, Victoria, Soss, Joe

“…Among the institutions that link criminal justice and inequality in the United States, commercial bail remains one of the most important yet least understood…”
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Police Are Our Government: Politics, Political Science, and the Policing of Race-Class Subjugated Communities by Soss, Joe, Weaver, Vesla

“…Against the backdrop of Ferguson and the Black Lives Matter movement, we ask what the American politics subfield has to say about the political lives of…”
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The predatory dimensions of criminal justice by Page, Joshua, Soss, Joe

“…Over the past 35 years, public and private actors have turned US criminal justice institutions into a vast network of revenue-generating operations. Today,…”
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Neoliberalism for the Common Good? Public Value Governance and the Downsizing of Democracy by Dahl, Adam, Soss, Joe

“…This article raises a set of cautions regarding public value governance along two dimensions. First, it questions the common claim that public value governance…”
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The Consequences of Public Policy for Democratic Citizenship: Bridging Policy Studies and Mass Politics by Mettler, Suzanne, Soss, Joe

“…Democracies, and the citizenries that stand at their center, are not natural phenomena; they are made and sustained through politics. Government policies can…”
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Policy Feedback and the Politics of Administration by Moynihan, Donald P., Soss, Joe

“…This article surveys the policy feedback framework developed in political science and clarifies its implications for public administration. A feedback…”
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Classes, Races, and Marginalized Places: Notes on the Study of Democracy's Demise by SOSS, JOE

“…Over the past four decades, criminal justice in the United States has taken a sharp disciplinary turn. Muscular new policies and stronger efforts to root out…”
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Schooling as a Formative Political Experience: Authority Relations and the Education of Citizens by Bruch, Sarah K., Soss, Joe

“…How does formal education matter for inequalities of political behavior across the citizenry? Most answers to this question focus on the things that schools…”
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Police Are Our Government: Politics, Political Science, and the Policing of Race–Class Subjugated Communities by Soss, Joe, Weaver, Vesla

“…Against the backdrop of Ferguson and the Black Lives Matter movement, we ask what the American politics subfield has to say about the political lives of…”
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The Organization of Discipline: From Performance Management to Perversity and Punishment by Soss, Joe, Fording, Richard, Schram, Sanford F.

“…Drawing on participant observation, in-depth interviews, and statistical analysis of administrative data, this article explores the operation of performance…”
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Progress for the Poor. By Lane Kenworthy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. 168p. $75.00 by Soss, Joe

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From Policy to Polity: Democracy, Paternalism, and the Incorporation of Disadvantaged Citizens by Bruch, Sarah K., Ferree, Myra Marx, Soss, Joe

“…This article investigates how experiences with public policies affect levels of civic and political engagement among the poor. Studies of "policy feedback"…”
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Deciding to Discipline: Race, Choice, and Punishment at the Frontlines of Welfare Reform by Schram, Sanford F., Soss, Joe, Fording, Richard C., Houser, Linda

“…Welfare sanctions are financial penalties applied to individuals who fail to comply with welfare program rules. Their widespread use reflects a turn toward…”
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The Politics of Inequality in America: A Political Economy Framework by Jacobs, Lawrence R., Soss, Joe

“…Theories of political economy offer rich intellectual resources for scholars today who hope to explain some of the most striking real-world changes of…”
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The Color of Devolution: Race, Federalism, and the Politics of Social Control by Soss, Joe, Fording, Richard C., Schram, Sanford F.

“…In this article, we seek to advance scholarship on the origins and consequences of policy devolution by analyzing state decisions to give local authorities…”
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Intersectionality as an assembly of analytic practices: subjects, relations, and situated comparisons by Murib, Zein, Soss, Joe

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Race and the Local Politics of Punishment in the New World of Welfare by FORDING, Richard C, SOSS, Joe, SCHRAM, Sanford F

“…To illuminate how race affects the usage of punitive tools in policy implementation settings, we analyze sanctions imposed for noncompliant client behavior…”
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Unequal Positions: A Relational Approach to Racial Inequality Trends in the US States, 1940–2010 by Bruch, Sarah K., Rosenthal, Aaron J., Soss, Joe

“…Racial inequality remains a painful and central feature of daily life in the United States. Yet few would deny that decades of political struggle have…”
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