Charles Noble is Professor of Political Science at California State University at Long Beach. He is the author of Liberalism at Work: The Rise and Fall of OSHA, (1989).

"This most worthy addition to the welfare literature explains why the US has had such a narrow and controversial welfare state....This clearly written. accessible book will see wide use both in courses on policy making and political institutions and in courses on welfare policy."--Choice

Charles Noble is Professor of Political Science at California State University at Long Beach. He is the author of Liberalism at Work: The Rise and Fall of OSHA, (1989).

"This most worthy addition to the welfare literature explains why the US has had such a narrow and controversial welfare state....This clearly written. accessible book will see wide use both in courses on policy making and political institutions and in courses on welfare policy."--Choice

Charles Noble is Professor of Political Science at California State University at Long Beach. He is the author of Liberalism at Work: The Rise and Fall of OSHA, (1989).

"This most worthy addition to the welfare literature explains why the US has had such a narrow and controversial welfare state....This clearly written. accessible book will see wide use both in courses on policy making and political institutions and in courses on welfare policy."--Choice