-Both political sociologists and medical sociologists... will find that Entitlement Politics offers an interesting structural analysis. The book provides a rich account, along with hundreds of references to historical and policy documents of the political process and the structure of the Medicare/Medicaid programs. Moreover, Smith's analysis offers a provocative case study of how structural forces influence the political process and the outcomes of political reform efforts.-
--Eric R. Wright, Contemporary Sociology
-David G. Smith's review of Medicare and Medicaid politics between 1995 and 2001 should be a basic resource for current and future scholars of both health politics and American politics more generally.... [T]he evaluative overlay in this book is only part, and not the most important part, of the author's achievement. Entitlement Politics will not only answer most of any reader's questions about the events it describes, but also alert readers to questions they may not even have considered. It is invaluable for its challenges to all sides' settled beliefs, for its overview of the methods of political combat in the 1990s, for its nearly unique focus on implementation, and for its careful explication of the arguments about each policy choice.-
--Joseph White, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
"Both political sociologists and medical sociologists... will find that Entitlement Politics offers an interesting structural analysis. The book provides a rich account, along with hundreds of references to historical and policy documents of the political process and the structure of the Medicare/Medicaid programs. Moreover, Smith's analysis offers a provocative case study of how structural forces influence the political process and the outcomes of political reform efforts."
--Eric R. Wright, Contemporary Sociology
"David G. Smith's review of Medicare and Medicaid politics between 1995 and 2001 should be a basic resource for current and future scholars of both health politics and American politics more generally.... [T]he evaluative overlay in this book is only part, and not the most important part, of the author's achievement. Entitlement Politics will not only answer most of any reader's questions about the events it describes, but also alert readers to questions they may not even have considered. It is invaluable for its challenges to all sides' settled beliefs, for its overview of the methods of political combat in the 1990s, for its nearly unique focus on implementation, and for its careful explication of the arguments about each policy choice."
--Joseph White, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
"Both political sociologists and medical sociologists... will find that Entitlement Politics offers an interesting structural analysis. The book provides a rich account, along with hundreds of references to historical and policy documents of the political process and the structure of the Medicare/Medicaid programs. Moreover, Smith's analysis offers a provocative case study of how structural forces influence the political process and the outcomes of political reform efforts."
--Eric R. Wright, Contemporary Sociology
"David G. Smith's review of Medicare and Medicaid politics between 1995 and 2001 should be a basic resource for current and future scholars of both health politics and American politics more generally.... [T]he evaluative overlay in this book is only part, and not the most important part, of the author's achievement. Entitlement Politics will not only answer most of any reader's questions about the events it describes, but also alert readers to questions they may not even have considered. It is invaluable for its challenges to all sides' settled beliefs, for its overview of the methods of political combat in the 1990s, for its nearly unique focus on implementation, and for its careful explication of the arguments about each policy choice."
--Joseph White, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
