Policy Gambit: Conservative Think Tanks Take on the Welfare State

Authors

David Stoesz, San Diego State University

Abstract

Conservative policy institutes have reevaluated their position regarding welfare and begun to present proposals to change social welfare policy. Instrumental in this development are the American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation, conservative think tanks which have developed projects for the purpose of making social policy more consonant with conservative philosophy. If progressive organizations are to reassert their role in the policy process, they will have to use some of the aggressive techniques pioneered by the conservative think tanks.

Recommended Citation

Stoesz, David (1987) "Policy Gambit: Conservative Think Tanks Take on the Welfare State," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 14: Iss. 4, Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.1829
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol14/iss4/2