Background
Skocpol, Theda Ruth was born on May 4, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Allen Earnest and Jennie Mae Barron.
(State structures, international forces, and class relatio...)
State structures, international forces, and class relations: Theda Skocpol shows how all three combine to explain the origins and accomplishments of social-revolutionary transformations. Social revolutions have been rare but undeniably of enormous importance in modern world history. States and Social Revolutions provides a new frame of reference for analyzing the causes, the conflicts, and the outcomes of such revolutions. It develops a rigorous, comparative historical analysis of three major cases: the French Revolution of 1787 through the early 1800s, the Russian Revolution of 1917 through the 1930s, and the Chinese Revolution of 1911 through the 1960s. Believing that existing theories of revolution, both Marxist and non-Marxist, are inadequate to explain the actual historical patterns of revolutions, Skocpol urges us to adopt fresh perspectives. Above all, she maintains that states conceived as administrative and coercive organizations potentially autonomous from class controls and interests must be made central to explanations of revolutions.
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( Health care, welfare, Social Security, employment progr...)
Health care, welfare, Social Security, employment programs--all are part of ongoing national debates about the future of social policy in the United States. In this wide-ranging collection of essays, Theda Skocpol shows how historical understanding, centered on governmental institutions and political alliances, can illuminate the limits and possibilities of American social policymaking both past and present. Skocpol dispels the myth that Americans are inherently hostile to social spending and suggests why President Clinton's health care agenda was so quickly attacked despite the support of most Americans for his goals.
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sociology and political science educator
Skocpol, Theda Ruth was born on May 4, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Allen Earnest and Jennie Mae Barron.
Bachelor in Sociology, Michigan State University, 1969; Master of Arts in Sociology, Harvard University, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology with distinction, Harvard University, 1975.
Assistant professor sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975-1978; associate professor sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1978-1981; professor sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1986; associate professor sociology and political science, University of Chicago, 1981-1984; professor sociology and political science, University of Chicago, 1984-1986; director Center for Study of Industrial Socs., University of Chicago, 1982-1985. Member School for Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1980-1981.
(State structures, international forces, and class relatio...)
( Health care, welfare, Social Security, employment progr...)
Fellow National Academy of Arts and Science, member Organisation on American Historians, Sociological Research Association, American Political Science Association, American Sociological Association, Social Science History Association (president since 1996), National Academy Social Insurance, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married William John Skocpol, June 10, 1967. Children: Michael Allan.