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Welfare Reform and the “Platonic Master Science”: An Interview with Lawrence Mead
Author(s) -
Kosar Kevin R.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00646.x
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , welfare reform , politics , public administration , public policy , administration (probate law) , welfare , sociology , political science , social welfare , law , philosophy , linguistics
Lawrence M. Mead is a professor of politics at New York University, where he teaches courses on public policy and American government. He is the author and editor of six books on welfare and social policy. His recent book Government Matters: Welfare Reform in Wisconsin (Princeton University Press, 2004) was a co‐recipient of the 2005 Louis Brownlow Book Award, which is given by the National Academy of Public Administration. In the spring of 2006, Professor Mead was interviewed by Kevin R. Kosar on behalf of PAR.