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The Origins and Essence of US Social Policy

On Taxonomies, Time and Transfers

Nick Manning

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and University of Nottingham, UK

Our understanding of US social policy has not been advanced by the classification of welfare states that has dominated social policy analysis in recent years. But in biology and cosmology we can find useful examples of the way in which we can develop more theoretically informed and dynamic classifications. A common feature has been the incorporation of time and developmental paths into classification. The way in which social and political developments unfold over time is particularly important in social policy and, in the case of the USA, this has enabled us to understand that social policies can and have changed, with a rich mix of progressive and regressive policies evolving and receding over the decades. In view of the dominance of the USA in world affairs and the global transfer of resources, ideas and polices across regions, this more subtle analysis of the nature of US social policy is essential.

Key Words: classification • policy transfer • social policy • social sciences • welfare state • welfare state classification

Global Social Policy, Vol. 6, No. 2, 155-172 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1468018106065364
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