Social Security Reform, Privatization, and Political Ideology
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Social security politics: ideology and reform.
OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine the distribution of dominant values, actors, and ideological advocacy coalitions influencing the Social Security debate across two presidential administrations. METHODS Through content and cluster analyses, we analyzed federal legislative hearing testimonies on Social Security reform spanning 11 years. RESULTS Witnesses consistently expres...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Gerontologist
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1758-5341,0016-9013
DOI: 10.1093/geront/41.2.280