Isabel M Perera
Biographic Data
| ID | 336349 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isabel M Perera |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isabel M |
| FAMILY NAME | Perera |
| SIGNATURE | PERERA I M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6061-1116 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Response to Symposium on The Welfare Workforce
Like many scholars who embark upon new subfields, my initial steps into mental health care raised two, conflicting questions for me.First, one of shock: Why had scholars of the welfare state completely overlooked this crucial policy area?Soon following, though, was one of uncertainty: Could I convince the field that mental health deserved its attention?These reviews from my colleagues-landmark contributors to the study of the welfare state-offer …
Introduction to the special issue: Liberty, equality, crisis—the paradoxes of the French health system
This special issue examines the paradoxes of the French health system. Contributions from francophone and anglophone scholars on both sides of the Atlantic explore these tensions through diverse analytic lenses. In this introduction, we highlight three major throughlines: that universal coverage co-exists with persistent inequalities, that the postwar elite consensus faces increasing contestation, and that the state's centralization is in fact me…
Why States Do or Do Not Privatize: Cross-Class Coalitions in the Public Sector
When do public services privatize, and when do they remain in the public's hands? The authors argue that one explanation lies in a counterintuitive coalition: labor and management. Unlike industrial relations in the private sector, those in the public sector are not necessarily antagonistic. When the interests of public sector workers and managers—the latter defined as those with supervisory responsibilities—are aligned, public services are less …
Artificial intelligence: Promises, perils—and political economy
Interest group governance and policy agendas
This article proposes that the internal political organization of an interest group can shape its policy agenda. In doing so, it recommends that public policy research draw on scholarship on comparative political institutions to identify and theorize how alternative organizational rules, structures, and mechanisms can shape preference formation and expression. For example, confederal interest groups can amplify minority voices, whereas majoritari…
Pay to Play? How Reducing Apsa Division Fees Increases Graduate Student Participation
In 2017, the American Political Science Association (APSA) Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession launched an initiative to lower the cost of Division (i.e., organized section) membership for students to promote graduate students’ professional development and to advance Division interests. This article assesses the effect of this intervention on Division membership. Using APSA membership data, we find that almost two third…
Racial Pay Parity in the Public Sector: The Overlooked Role of Employee Mobilization
Rising economic inequality has aggravated long-standing labor market disparities, with one exception: government employment. This article considers the puzzle of black-white wage parity in the American public sector. African Americans are more likely to work in the public than in the private sector, and their wages are higher there. The article builds on prior work emphasizing institutional factors conditioning this outcome to argue that employee…
The French welfare state revisited: The puzzling politics of mental health policy
Mass Shootings and Psychiatric Deinstitutionalization, Here and Abroad
Racial Pay Parity in the Public Sector: The Overlooked Role of Employee Mobilization
Rising economic inequality has aggravated long-standing labor market disparities, with one exception: government employment. This article considers the puzzle of black-white wage parity in the American public sector. African Americans are more likely to work in the public than in the private sector, and their wages are higher there. The article builds on prior work emphasizing institutional factors conditioning this outcome to argue that employee…
Interest group governance and policy agendas
This article proposes that the internal political organization of an interest group can shape its policy agenda. In doing so, it recommends that public policy research draw on scholarship on comparative political institutions to identify and theorize how alternative organizational rules, structures, and mechanisms can shape preference formation and expression. For example, confederal interest groups can amplify minority voices, whereas majoritari…
The French welfare state revisited: The puzzling politics of mental health policy
Mass Shootings and Psychiatric Deinstitutionalization, Here and Abroad
The French welfare state revisited: The puzzling politics of mental health policy
Pay to Play? How Reducing Apsa Division Fees Increases Graduate Student Participation
In 2017, the American Political Science Association (APSA) Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession launched an initiative to lower the cost of Division (i.e., organized section) membership for students to promote graduate students’ professional development and to advance Division interests. This article assesses the effect of this intervention on Division membership. Using APSA membership data, we find that almost two third…
Racial Pay Parity in the Public Sector: The Overlooked Role of Employee Mobilization
Rising economic inequality has aggravated long-standing labor market disparities, with one exception: government employment. This article considers the puzzle of black-white wage parity in the American public sector. African Americans are more likely to work in the public than in the private sector, and their wages are higher there. The article builds on prior work emphasizing institutional factors conditioning this outcome to argue that employee…
Interest group governance and policy agendas
This article proposes that the internal political organization of an interest group can shape its policy agenda. In doing so, it recommends that public policy research draw on scholarship on comparative political institutions to identify and theorize how alternative organizational rules, structures, and mechanisms can shape preference formation and expression. For example, confederal interest groups can amplify minority voices, whereas majoritari…
Artificial intelligence: Promises, perils—and political economy
Why States Do or Do Not Privatize: Cross-Class Coalitions in the Public Sector
When do public services privatize, and when do they remain in the public's hands? The authors argue that one explanation lies in a counterintuitive coalition: labor and management. Unlike industrial relations in the private sector, those in the public sector are not necessarily antagonistic. When the interests of public sector workers and managers—the latter defined as those with supervisory responsibilities—are aligned, public services are less …
Response to Symposium on The Welfare Workforce
Like many scholars who embark upon new subfields, my initial steps into mental health care raised two, conflicting questions for me.First, one of shock: Why had scholars of the welfare state completely overlooked this crucial policy area?Soon following, though, was one of uncertainty: Could I convince the field that mental health deserved its attention?These reviews from my colleagues-landmark contributors to the study of the welfare state-offer …
Introduction to the special issue: Liberty, equality, crisis—the paradoxes of the French health system
This special issue examines the paradoxes of the French health system. Contributions from francophone and anglophone scholars on both sides of the Atlantic explore these tensions through diverse analytic lenses. In this introduction, we highlight three major throughlines: that universal coverage co-exists with persistent inequalities, that the postwar elite consensus faces increasing contestation, and that the state's centralization is in fact me…
Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Comparative politics (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (3 works) · Health care (2 works)