Introduction Chapter 1. The New Politics of Inequality: A Policy-Centered Perspective Jacob S. Hacker, Yale University Suzanne Mettler, Syracuse University Joe Soss, University of Wisconsin-Madison Policies and Institutions in the New Politics of Inequality Chapter 2. Constricting the Welfare State: Tax Policy and the Political Movement Against Government Kimberly J. Morgan, George Washington University Chapter 3. Entrepreneurial Litigation: Advocacy Coalitions and Strategies in the Fragmented American Welfare State R. Shep Melnick, Boston College Elite Efforts to Reshape the Political Landscape Chapter 4.The Implementation and Evolution of Medicare: The Distributional Effects of "Positive" Policy Feedbacks Lawrence R. Jacobs, University of Minnesota Chapter 5.A Public Transformed? Welfare Reform as Policy Feedback Joe Soss, University of Wisconsin-Madison Sanford F. Schram, Bryn Mawr College Policies and Participation: The Interplay of Structure and Agency Chapter 6.Universalism, Targeting, and Participation Andrea Louise Campbell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chapter 7.Institutions and Agents in the Politics of Welfare Cutbacks Frances Fox Piven, City University of New York The People that Policies Make: Roles, Identities, and Democracies Chapter 8.Policies of Racial Classification and the Politics of Racial Inequality Jennifer Hochschild, Harvard University Vesla Weaver, Harvard University Chapter 9. Welfare Policy and the Transformation of Care Deborah Stone, Dartmouth College The State¿s New Look: Decentralization, Inequality, and Social Control Chapter 10.The Promise of Progressive Federalism Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University Joel Rogers, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chapter 11.The Political Consequences of Mass Imprisonment Josh Guetzkow, Harvard University Bruce Western, Princeton University Putting the Pieces Together: Constructivist and Institutionalist Perspectives Chapter 12.Poverty, Policy, and the Social Construction of Target Groups Helen Ingram, University of California-Irvine Chapter 13.Policy, Politics, and the Rise of Inequality Paul Pierson, University of California-Berkeley