“Protecting Soldiers and Mothers: The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States”

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“Protecting Soldiers and Mothers: The Political Origins of Social Policy in the United States” is a landmark historical and political analysis by Theda Skocpol that explains how military pensions and maternalist reforms shaped the early development of the American welfare state.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
historical study ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
political science book ⓘ
analyzes Civil War pensions ⓘ
Progressive Era social reforms ⓘ
mothers' pensions ⓘ
state-level welfare policies ⓘ
arguesThat U.S. social policy origins are rooted in Civil War veterans' benefits ⓘ
maternalist politics shaped early welfare programs for women and children ⓘ
state structures and party politics shaped welfare state development ⓘ
author Theda Skocpol ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
examines interaction between federal and state governments ⓘ
party competition over social benefits ⓘ
role of veterans' organizations in policy-making ⓘ
role of women's organizations in policy-making ⓘ
field history ⓘ
political science ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
focusesOnPeriod early 20th century United States ⓘ
late 19th century United States ⓘ
hasCentralConcept maternalist welfare policies ⓘ
policy feedback ⓘ
state capacity ⓘ
influencedField comparative politics ⓘ
gender and welfare state studies ⓘ
welfare state research ⓘ
language English ⓘ
recognizedAs classic work in historical institutionalism ⓘ
landmark study of the American welfare state ⓘ
major contribution to gender and social policy scholarship ⓘ
subject American welfare state ⓘ
comparative historical analysis ⓘ
gender and politics ⓘ
maternalist reforms ⓘ
military pensions ⓘ
political development ⓘ
social policy ⓘ
theoreticalApproach historical institutionalism ⓘ
state-centered theory ⓘ

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