From the Margins to the Center
A Bottom-Up Approach to Welfare State Scholarship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6323735 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Michener (0000-0002-7343-442X, Cornell University), Mallory E Sorelle (0000-0003-4478-8146, Duke University), Chloe Thurston (0000-0003-0056-9718) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 154-169 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives on Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-5927 • E-ISSN: 1541-0986 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s153759272000359x |
| OpenAlex | W3102502606 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 50 |
| References cited | 122 |
In this article we reassess conceptions of the welfare state with an eye towards the limits of current scholarly approaches. In particular, we propose centering the study of the welfare state around those who occupy the margins of American society. We argue that concentrating on populations at the proverbial “bottom” of standard economic and political hierarchies productively reorients research on social policy and politics by bringing crucial but often overlooked facets of the welfare state into sharper view. Specifically, the bottom-up approach we offer here entreats political scientists to re-considerwherethey look in their efforts to delineate the welfare state,howto examine what they find, andwhatkinds of questions to ask in the process. Ultimately, studying the welfare state from the bottom up suggests a host of new directions for scholars seeking to understand its politics
Economics · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Scholarship · Sociology · State (computer science · Welfare · Welfare state · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 50 |
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| Citations per year | 10 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 50 |