Publications

2002
Skocpol T, Pierson P. “Historical Institutionalism in Contemporary Political Science”. In: Katznelson I, Milner HV Political Science: State of the Discipline. New York: W.W. Norton; 2002. p. 693-721.
Skocpol T, Munson Z, Karch A, Camp B. “Patriotic Partnerships: Why Great Wars Nourished American Civic Voluntarism”. In: Katznelson I Shaped by War and Trade: International Influences on American Political Development. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press; 2002. p. 134-80.
Skocpol T. “United States: From Membership to Advocacy”. In: Putnam RD Democracies in Flux: The Evolution of Social Capital in Contemporary Society. New York: Oxford University Press; 2002. p. 103-36.
Skocpol T. “What It Will Take to Build a Family-Friendly America”. In: Hewlett SA, Rankin N, West C Taking Parenting Public: The Case for a New Social Movement. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield; 2002. p. 219-33.
Skocpol T. “Will 9/11 and the War on Terror Revitalize American Civic Democracy?”. PS: Political Science & Politics. 2002;35(3):537-40.
2001
Skocpol T, Crowley JE. “The Rush to Organize: Explaining Associational Formation in the United States, 1860s-1920s”. American Journal of Political Science. 2001;45(4):813-29.
Skocpol T. “Speaking for Families and Children in a Changing Civic America”. In: Vita CDJ, Mosher-Williams R Who Speaks for America’s Children: The Role of Child Advocates in Public Policy . Washington D.C.: Urban Institute Press; 2001.
2000
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Skocpol T. The Missing Middle: Working Families and the Future of American Social Policy. New York: W. W. Norton; 2000. WebsiteAbstract
In the opening pages of this powerful examination of American politics, Theda Skocpol reveals a curious pattern: Our politicians argue over programs for the very poor or tax cuts for the very rich, and they worry over the precarious security of our longer-living grandparents and the educational neglect and corresponding bleak future of our children. But, with the spotlight on the youngest, the oldest, the richest, and the poorest, rarely do we find policies concerned with average working men and women of modest means, those the author terms the "missing middle." Skocpol draws us into the history of this disturbing trend and reveals the repercussions of the increasingly simplistic and moralistic stands being taken by our politicians. Taking lessons from the root causes of this shift, she presents a compelling case for family-oriented populism and identifies the bold reforms needed to revitalize American democracy.
Skocpol T, Ganz M, Munson Z. “A Nation of Organizers: The Institutional Origins of Civic Voluntarism in the United States”. American Political Science Review. 2000;94(3):527-46.
Skocpol T. “Religion, Civil Society, and Social Provision in the U.S.”. In: Bane MJ, Coffin B, Thiemann R Who Will Provide? The Changing Role of Religion in American Social Welfare. Boulder, CO: Westview Press; 2000. p. 21-50.
Skocpol T. “Theory Tackles History”. Social Science History. 2000;24(4):666-70.
1999
Skocpol T, Fiorina MP. “Advocates without Members: The Recent Transformation of American Civic Life”. In: Civic Engagement in American Democracy. Brookings Institution Press; 1999. p. 461-509.
Skocpol T. “Associations without Members”. The American Prospect. 1999;45:66-73.
Civic Engagement in American Democracy. (Skocpol T, Fiorina MP). Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press and Russell Sage Foundation; 1999.
Skocpol T. “From Beginning to End: Has Twentieth-Century U.S. Social Policy Come Full Circle?” . In: Melnick SR, Keller M Taking Stock: American Government in the Twentieth Century. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press; 1999. p. 259-79.
Skocpol T, Ganz M, Munson Z, Camp B, Swers M, Oser J. “How Americans Became Civic”. In: Civic Engagement in American Democracy. Brookings Institution Press; 1999. p. 27-80.
Skocpol T, Fiorina MP. “Making Sense of the Civic Engagement Debate”. In: Skocpol T, Fiorina MP Civic Engagement in American Democracy. Washington DC: The Brookings Institution Press and the Russell Sage Foundation; 1999. p. 1-23.
Skocpol T. “Why I am a Historical Social Scientist”. Extensions: Journal of the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center. 1999:16-19.
1998
Democracy, Revolution, and History. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press; 1998.
Skocpol T. “Did the Civil War Further Democracy? A Reflection on the Expansion of Benefits for Union Veterans”. In: Skocpol T Democracy, Revolution, and History. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press; 1998. p. 73-101.

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