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Edwin Amenta

Author of Bold Relief: Institutional Politics and the Origins of Modern American Social Policy

5 Works 41 Members

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Edwin Amenta is Associate Professor of Sociology at New York University.

Works by Edwin Amenta

Bold Relief: Institutional Politics and the Origins of Modern American Social Policy (1998) 13 copies

When Movements Matter: The Townsend Plan and the Rise of Social Security (2006) 10 copies

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (2012) 7 copies

Rough Draft of History: A Century of US Social Movements in the News (Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives, 199) (2022) 6 copies

Professor Baseball: Searching for Redemption and the Perfect Lineup on the Softball Diamonds of Central Park (2007) 5 copies

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Outstanding Contribution to Political Sociology Award

Bold Relief: Institutional Politics and the Origins of Modern American Social Policy (Winner – 1999)

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