Unfinished Business documents the history and impact of California's paid family leave program, the first of its kind in the United States, which began in 2004.

An engaging history of the people and policies that profoundly transformed the American landscape—and the daily lives of Americans.

The first comprehensive history of Supplemental Security Income (SSI), written by a leading historian of America's welfare state and the former chief historian of the Social Security Administration.

Empire of Water explores the history of New York City's water system from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century, focusing on the geographical, environmental, and political repercussions of the city’s search for more water.

In 3.11, Richard Samuels offers the first broad scholarly assessment of the disaster's impact on Japan’s government and society.

A critical analysis of the nationwide effort to dismantle public housing by focusing on the impact of policy changes in three cities: Atlanta, Chicago, and New Orleans.

This book details the history and, in many cases, the chronic inadequacies in the making of Israeli national security policy, as well as its strengths: rapid and flexible responses, generally pragmatic decision-making, and effective planning.

Gleeson goes beyond the debate over federal immigration policy to examine the complicated terrain of immigrant worker rights.

This book argues that the Japanese social protection system should be understood as a system of "welfare through work," where employment protection has functionally substituted for income maintenance.

This volume spotlights the important public/private differences that account for the special attention visited upon the public sector starting with the Great Recession.