The third lie : why government programs don't work-- and a blueprint for change /

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"I am from the government and I am here to help you" is one of the three biggest lies, or so the old joke goes. Richard J. Gelles, dean of social policy at University of Pennsylvania, explains why government programs designed to cure social ills don't work in sector after sector ... a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gelles, Richard J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Since 1993
Health care reform > United States.
Educational sociology > United States.
Public welfare > United States.
Middle class > United States > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Services de santé > Réforme > États-Unis.
Sociologie de l'éducation > États-Unis.
Classes moyennes > États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 21e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
Educational sociology
Health care reform
Middle class > Economic conditions
Public welfare
Social policy
United States > Social policy > 1993-
États-Unis > Politique sociale > 1993-
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: government programs : the good, the bad, and the ugly
  • There ought to be a law!
  • When good intentions go bad : the education of Jennifer Felix
  • Programs that work
  • Effective government social programs: a new blueprint
  • Rebuilding Main Street : the futures account
  • Round up the usual suspects
  • The drunk and the lamp post
  • The emperor's wardrobe consultant
  • Notes
  • Index.

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