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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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The Biden Racial Justice Policy Agenda: Combating Systemic Racism with Targeting within Universalism by Schram, Sanford F

“…Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. Consistent with his personal tendency to lie about almost everything, Trump has continued to…”
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Devolution, Discretion, and the Effect of Local Political Values on TANF Sanctioning by Fording, Richard C., Soss, Joe, Schram, Sanford F.

“…One of welfare reform’s most significant consequences is the devolution of policy‐making authority from the federal government and states to local governments…”
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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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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 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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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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Political Research Beyond Political Science by Schram, Sanford F.

“…A review essay covering a book Matthew Desmond, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (2016).…”
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Change Research: Narrating Social Change from the Bottom-Up by Schram, Sanford F.

“…This essay provides a review of Bent Flyvbjerg’s critique of conventional social science research, including its limitations in applied fields such as social…”
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The third level of US welfare reform: governmentality under neoliberal paternalism by Schram, Sanford F., Soss, Joe, Houser, Linda, Fording, Richard C.

“…US welfare reform involves more than dramatic caseload reductions and a shift from cash assistance to services. Its operations today reflect significant…”
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A New Paradox: Political Science in an Age of Political Denial by Schram, Sanford F.

“…In 1991, Schram argued that the collapse of the Soviet Union had forced Cuba to reconsider what Marxism would look like going forward (both in theory and in…”
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The Cognitive and Emotional Sources of Trump Support: The Case of Low-Information Voters by Fording, Richard C., Schram, Sanford F.

“…This article provides empirical evidence for the hypothesis that Donald Trump distinctively attracted unprecedented levels of support from "low-information…”
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The Great Disconnect: Occupy and Political Science by Schram, Sanford F.

“…Schram reviews Occupy the Future edited by David B. Grusky, Doug McAdam, Rob Reich, and Debra Satz; and Occupying Political Science: The Occupy Wall Street…”
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Do Welfare Sanctions Help or Hurt the Poor? Estimating the Causal Effect of Sanctioning on Client Earnings by Fording, Richard C., Schram, Sanford F., Soss, Joe

“…This article examines the effect of financial sanctions for noncompliance on the earnings of TANF clients. Current research on TANF sanctioning is descriptive,…”
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Setting the Terms of Relief: Explaining State Policy Choices in the Devolution Revolution by Soss, Joe, Schram, Sanford F., Vartanian, Thomas P., O'Brien, Erin

“…The landmark welfare legislation of 1996 offers students of politics a unique opportunity to pinpoint the determinants of state-level policy choices-a case in…”
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Praxis for the Poor: Piven and Cloward and the Future of Social Science in Social Welfare by Schram, Sanford

“…Praxis for the Poor puts the relationship of politics to scholarship front and center through an examination of the work of Frances Fox Piven and Richard…”
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The Future of Higher Education and American Democracy: Introduction by Schram, Sanford F.

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Political Political Science: A Phronetic Approach by Schram, Sanford F., Flyvbjerg, Bent, Landman, Todd

“…For over fifty years, successive waves of critique have underscored that the apolitical character of much of political science research betrays the founding…”
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Making Political Science Matter: Debating Knowledge, Research, and Method by Schram, Sanford F, Caterino, Brian

“…No detailed description available for "Making Political Science Matter"…”
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From Work Support to Work Motivator: Child Care Subsidies and Caseworker Discretion in the Post-Welfare Reform Era by Houser, Linda, Schram, Sanford F., Soss, Joe, Fording, Richard C.

“…The 1996 legislative reform of welfare shifted provision away from cash assistance and toward a litany of work-support services, central among which are child…”
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