Theda Skocpol

40.5k total citations · 9 hit papers
227 papers, 16.8k citations indexed

About

Theda Skocpol is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Theda Skocpol has authored 227 papers receiving a total of 16.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 37 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 16 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Theda Skocpol's work include Social Policy and Reform Studies (29 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (21 papers) and Political and Economic history of UK and US (12 papers). Theda Skocpol is often cited by papers focused on Social Policy and Reform Studies (29 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (21 papers) and Political and Economic history of UK and US (12 papers). Theda Skocpol collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Netherlands. Theda Skocpol's co-authors include Peter Evans, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Vanessa Williamson, Margaret R. Somers, Edwin Amenta, Kenneth Finegold, Morris P. Fiorina, Paul Pierson, Ann Shola Orloff and Anthony Giddens and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Theda Skocpol

208 papers receiving 13.1k citations

Hit Papers

States and Social Revolutions 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 1985 1992 1993 2003 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k

Peers

Theda Skocpol
Comparison fields: 5 of 152
  • Sociology and Political Science 9.1k
  • Political Science and International Relations 8.9k
  • Economics and Econometrics 1.9k
  • Public Administration 1.4k
  • Strategy and Management 1.3k
Charles Tilly United States
Seymour Martin Lipset United States
Adam Przeworski United States
William A. Gamson United States
Doug McAdam United States
Sidney Tarrow United States
Sidney Verba United States
Robert O. Keohane United States
Paul Pierson United States
Bob Jessop United Kingdom
Charles Tilly United States View profile →
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Countries citing papers authored by Theda Skocpol

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Fields of papers citing papers by Theda Skocpol

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Theda Skocpol

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 2
2 9
3 2
4 15
5
Obama and the Transformation of US Public Policy: The Struggle to Reform Health Care
3
6
“Bringing the State Back In: Retrospect and Prospect”
13
7 1
8
Theory Tackles History
2
9
The Next Liberalism
1
10
What Tocqueville Missed
1
11
The Politics of American Social Policy, Past and Future
4
12
American society and politics : institutional, historical, and theoretical perspectives : a reader
5
13
Welfare as We Need It
2
14
Las estructuras del Estado: una propuesta "keynesiana" a la Gran Depresión
5
15
“The Narrow Vision of Today’s Experts on Social Policy”
3
16
El Estado regresa al primer plano: estrategias de análisis en la investigación actual
9
17
Reconsidering the French Revolution in World-Historical Perspective
3
18 19
19
États et révolutions sociales : la révolution en France, en Russie et en Chine
3
20
Explaining the politics of public social spending.
76

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