BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute’s Study of Global Politics series presen ts Isabel M. Perera from Cornell University.The Welfare Workforce is a tho ught-provoking exploration of mental health care in the United States and beyond. Although all the affluent democracies pursued deinstitutionalizati on\, some failed to provide adequate services\, while others overcame chal lenges of stigma and limited resources and successfully expanded care. Isa bel M. Perera examines the role of the “welfare workforce” in providing so cial services to those who cannot demand them. Drawing on extensive resear ch in four countries—the United States\, France\, Norway and Sweden—Perera sheds light on post-industrial politics and the critical part played by t hose who work for the welfare state. A must-read for anyone interested in mental health care\, social services and the politics of welfare\, The Wel fare Workforce challenges conventional wisdom and offers new insights into the complex factors that contribute to the success or failure of mental h ealth care systems. \;Isabel M. \;Perera \;is an assistant pro fessor in the Department of Government. She studies how politics shape the social policies\, labor markets and overall economies of affluent democra cies\, focusing on the United States and Western Europe.Prior to joining C ornell\, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania P erelman School of Medicine (2018-2020)\, Queen Elizabeth Fellow at the Uni versity of Oxford (2016-2017)\, and Chateaubriand Fellow at Sciences Po Pa ris (2015-2016). She holds a doctorate from Penn and an undergraduate degr ee from Johns Hopkins. DTEND:20261113T183000Z DTSTAMP:20261029T235217Z DTSTART:20261113T170000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Isabel M. Perera | Why Mental Health Care Varies Across Affluent De mocracies UID:RFCALITEM639289003371751482 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Moynihan Institute’s Study of Global Po litics series presents Isabel M. Perera from Cornell University.

The Welfare Workforce is a thought-provoking exploration of mental health car e in the United States and beyond. Although all the affluent democracies p ursued deinstitutionalization\, some failed to provide adequate services\, while others overcame challenges of stigma and limited resources and succ essfully expanded care.

Isabel M. Perera examines the role of the “ welfare workforce” in providing social services to those who cannot demand them. Drawing on extensive research in four countries—the United States\, France\, Norway and Sweden—Perera sheds light on post-industrial politics and the critical part played by those who work for the welfare state. A m ust-read for anyone interested in mental health care\, social services and the politics of welfare\, The Welfare Workforce challenges conventional w isdom and offers new insights into the complex factors that contribute to the success or failure of mental health care systems. \;

Isabel M. \; Perera \;is an assistant professor in the Department of G overnment. She studies how politics shape the social policies\, labor mark ets and overall economies of affluent democracies\, focusing on the United States and Western Europe.

Prior to joining Cornell\, she was a po stdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Med icine (2018-2020)\, Queen Elizabeth Fellow at the University of Oxford (20 16-2017)\, and Chateaubriand Fellow at Sciences Po Paris (2015-2016). She holds a doctorate from Penn and an undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins .

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