Theory and Methods for Comparative Opinion/Social Policy Research

Amenta Edwin Caren Neal Olasky Sheera Joy .2005. “Age for Leisure? Political Mediation and the Impact of the Pension Movement on U.S. Old- Age Policy.” American Sociological Review 70: 516–40.

Blekesaune Martin Quadagno Jill .2003. “Public Attitudes toward Welfare State Policies: A Comparative Analysis of 24 Nations.” European Sociological Review 19: 415–427.

Brooks Clem Manza Jeff .2006a. “Social Policy Responsiveness in Developed Democracies.” American Sociological Review 71: 474–494.

Brooks Clem .2006b. “Why Do Welfare States Persist?” Journal of Politics 68.

Brooks Clem . Forthcoming. Why Welfare States Persist: Mass Opinion and Social Policy Responsiveness. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Burstein Paul .1998. “Bringing the Public Back In: Should Sociologists Consider the Impact of Public Opinion on Public Policy?” Social Forces: 77: 27–62.

Brooks Clem . Forthcoming. “Why Estimates of the Impact of Public Opinion on Public Policy Are Too High: Empirical and Theoretical Implications.” Social Forces.

Chen Anthony Phinney Robin .2004. “Did the Civil Rights Movement Have a Direct Impact on Public Policy? Evidence from the Passage of State Fair Housing Laws, 1959-1965.” Working Paper No. 04-005, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan.

Esping-Andersen Gosta .2000. “The Sustainability of Welfare States into the Twenty-First Century.” International Journal of Health Services 30: 1–12.

Gilens Martin .2005. “Inequality and Democratic Responsiveness,” Public Opinion Quarterly 69: 778–96.

Huber Evelyne Stephens John .2001. Development and Crisis of the Welfare State: Parties and Policies in Global Markets Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Manza Jeff Cook Fay Lomax .2002. “A Democratic Polity? Three Views of Policy Responsiveness in the United States.” American Politics Quarterly 30: 630–67.

McAdam Doug Su Yang .2002. “The War at Home: Antiwar Protests and Congressional Voting, 1965 to 1973.” American Sociological Review 67: 696–721.

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Pierson Paul .1996. “The New Politics of the Welfare State.” World Politics 48: 143–79.

Page Benjamin Shapiro Robert .1992. The Rational Public: Fifty Years of Trends in Americans' Policy Preference Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Smith Tom W. ,1990. “Social Inequality in Cross-National Perspective,” Pp. 21–31 in Becker J.W. Davis James A. Ester Peter Mohler Peter P. (eds.). Attitudes to Inequality and the Role of Government. Rijswijk, The Netherlands: Social and Cultural Planning Office.

Stimson James A. Mackuen Michael B. Erikson Robert S. .1995. “Dynamic Representation.” American Political Science Review 89: 543–65.

Svallfors Stefan .1997. “Worlds of Welfare and Attitudes to Redistribution: A Comparison of Eight Western Nations.” European Sociological Review 13: 283–304.

Wlezien Christopher .2004. “Patterns of Representation: Dynamics of Public Preferences and Policy.” Journal of Politics 66: 1–24.