Various authors point to the connection between public perceptions of poverty and
institutionalised strategies of dealing with the poor. The way the general public perceives the …

To what extent do citizens of the United States and other countr prefer particular social
welfare policies? How have these opinions chang the last twenty years? What have been …

It was a little more than twenty years ago that the decades-long Cold War between the
United States and the Soviet Union ended. When the Soviet Union collapsed, some analysts …

This monumental study is a comprehensive critical survey of the policy preferences of the
American public, and will be the definitive work on American public opinion for some time to …

Public opinion matters. It registers itself on the public consciousness, translates into politics
and policy, and impels politicians to run for office and, once elected, to serve in particular …

Crime and welfare are now widely viewed as “coded” issues that activate white Americans'
negative views of blacks without explicitly raising the “race card.” But does the desire of …

To understand the rise of market fundamentalism from the margins of influence to
mainstream hegemony, we compare the US 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work …

Public policy toward the poor has shifted from an initial optimism during the War on Poverty
to an ever‐increasing pessimism. Media discussion of poverty has shifted from arguments …