Joshua McCabe
Profile
Joshua McCabe received his Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology at the University at Albany, SUNY, his Master of Arts in Regional Economic and Social Development at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Emmanuel College in Boston.
His research interests include political sociology with a focus on the politics of taxation and social policy. He is especially motivated by puzzles of American exceptionalism and their practical implications for public policy. His first book, The Fiscalization of Social Policy: How Taxpayers Trumped Children in the Fight Against Child Poverty (Oxford University Press), looked at the growing use of tax credits as social policy and its effect on child poverty in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
He is currently in the early stages of new projects on the comparative politics of fiscal federalism and regional inequities in the United States and Canada, focusing on intergovernmental grants for healthcare and social assistance programs, as well as comparative politics of mortgage interest deductions in the United States and United Kingdom.
Additionally, he is a senior fellow with the Niskanen Center in Washington DC where he is working on a set of policy proposals to reform the way we finance education, healthcare, and social assistance programs as part of their Struggling Regions Initiative. He is also a regular contributor for the Institute for Family Studies as well as having written for National Review, National Affairs, and CommonWealth.
Education
University at Albany, SUNY
Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology
2015
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Master of Arts in Regional Economic and Social Development
2009
Emmanuel College
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
2006
Research
Dr. McCabe's research interests focus on the comparative politics of taxation and social policy. He is especially motivated by puzzles of American exceptionalism and their practical implications for public policy. His first book looked at the politics of family tax credits in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. McCabe is in the early stages of new projects on the comparative politics of fiscal federalism and regional inequities in the United States and Canada as well as comparative politics of mortgage interest deductions in the United States and United Kingdom.
Selected Publications
McCabe, J. (2018). "The Fiscalization of Social Policy: How Taxpayers Trumped Children in the Fight Against Child Poverty." New York: Oxford University Press.
Courses
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology
POL 305 Social Policy