THE SOURCES OF PUBLIC POLICY: WELFARE POLICY IN THE AMERICAN STATES
- 1 March 1981
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Policy Studies Journal
- Vol. 9 (5) , 681-698
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.1981.tb00977.x
Abstract
The conceptualization of political and economic determinants of public policy as interactive rather than sufficient causes is subjected here to a comparative state analysis. An examination of interactive effects of culture, wealth, and gubernatorial power on AFDC grants and Medicaid benefits offers empirical illustration of Stonecash's reconceptualization of the classic politics‐process‐policy model. The results indicate that political dispositions become more potent in combination with increasing concentrations of wealth and executive power.Keywords
This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
- State Policies Regarding Local Resource AcquisitionAmerican Politics Quarterly, 1981
- Political Processes and Public Expenditures: A Re-examination Based on Theories of Representative GovernmentAmerican Political Science Review, 1976
- Political Culture in American States: Elazar's Formulation ExaminedAmerican Journal of Political Science, 1976
- Linear Models for Evaluating Conditional RelationshipsAmerican Journal of Political Science, 1976
- Religious Variables, Political System Characteristics, and Policy Outputs in the American StatesAmerican Journal of Political Science, 1973
- Political Ethos RevisitedAmerican Political Science Review, 1971
- The Utility of Elazar's Political Culture: A Research NotePolity, 1969
- Socioeconomic Dimensions of the American States: 1890-1960Midwest Journal of Political Science, 1968
- Public-Regardingness as a Value Premise in Voting BehaviorAmerican Political Science Review, 1964
- Inter-Party Competition, Economic Variables, and Welfare Policies in the American StatesThe Journal of Politics, 1963