DO INSTITUTIONS AFFECT CITIZENS' SELECTION INTO POLITICS?

Global Politics and Institutions

Principles and visions for a new globalism 4. Visions of Regional Economies in a Great Transition World (Rosen and Schweickart) Reinventing economies for the twenty-first century 5. Transforming the Corporation (White) Redesigning the corporation for social purpose 6. Trading into the Future: Rounding the Corner to Sustainable Development (Halle) International trade in a sustainable and equitab...

Welfare Politics: Building Welfare Institutions

The first generation of the welfare debates has focused on articulating the main drive which leads the development of the welfare state. They mainly exploit political or economic variables, such as industrialization (Wilensky and Lebaux 1958; Wilensky 1975), power resources mobilization of labor class (Korpi 1983; Esping-Andersen 1985), or roles of states (Flora and Alber 1981; Skocpol and Amen...

Do socioeconomic factors affect dialysis modality selection?

Choosing the type of therapy best suited to their medical and social circumstances—whether dialysis, transplantation, or conservative therapy—is perhaps the most important decision for patients during their CKD journey. This decision carries major implications for patients and health systems alike. Although transplantationwouldbe the ideal therapy formostpatients, a scarcity of organs means tha...

Measuring Frames: Discursive Institutions in Polarized Politics

Institutions, Politics, and Mental Health Parity.

Mental health parity laws require insurers to extend comparable benefits for mental and physical health care. Proponents argue that by placing mental health services alongside physical health services, such laws can help ensure needed treatment and destigmatize mental illness. Opponents counter that such mandates are costly or unnecessary. The authors offer a sociological account of the diffusi...