Overview
Isabel M. Perera is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government. She studies how politics shape the social policies, labor markets, and overall economies of affluent democracies, focusing on the United States and Western Europe.
Her book, The Welfare Workforce: Why Mental Health Care Varies Across Affluent Democracies, is available open-access from Cambridge University Press (Studies in Comparative Politics Series).
For more information about her work, please visit www.isabelmperera.com.
Affiliations
Center for the Study of Inequality
Institute for European Studies
Cornell Center for Health Equity
Cornell Center for Social Sciences
In the news
- Cornellian selected for Gaither Fellows Program
- Engaged faculty network grows with 28 new fellows
- Hubs grant launches AI collaboration, new proposals due Oct. 4
- GOVT Professor Isabel Perera Receives 2021 Georges Lavau Dissertation Award
- Grants advance social sciences research, collaboration
- COVID-19 healthcare issues reflect pre-existing inequalities
GOVT Courses - Spring 2025
- GOVT 3583 : Comparative Public Policy: Political Pathways to Equality
- GOVT 4999 : Undergraduate Independent Study