The Formative Years of U.S. Social Spending Policies: Theories of the Welfare State and the American States During the Great Depression
研究大萧条时期美国各州社会支出政策的形成，检验福利国家理论，分析经济、政治和社会因素对政策的影响。
Edwin Amenta, Bruce G. Carruthers, The Formative Years of U.S. Social Spending Policies: Theories of the Welfare State and the American States During the Great Depression, American Sociological Review, Vol. 53, No. 5 (Oct., 1988), pp. 661-678