Promoting the general welfare : new perspectives on government performance /

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"Analyzes government's ability to "promote the general welfare" in the areas of health, transportation, housing, and education. Then examines two tools to improve policy design: information markets and laboratory experiments. Concludes by asking how Congress, the party system, an...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Brookings Institution
Other Authors: Gerber, Alan S. (Editor), Patashnik, Eric M. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
1980-2020
Public welfare administration > United States > Evaluation > Congresses.
Public administration > United States > Evaluation > Congresses.
Aide sociale > Administration > États-Unis > Évaluation > Congrès.
Administration publique (Science) > États-Unis > Évaluation > Congrès.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Politics and government
Public administration > Evaluation
Public welfare administration > Evaluation
Social conditions
Sozialverwaltung
Evaluation
Overheid.
Sociale politiek.
Prestaties.
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020 > Congresses.
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009 > Congresses.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 2001-2009 > Congrès.
United States
USA
Verenigde Staten.
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Government performance : missing opportunities to solve problems / Alan S. Gerber and Eric M. Patashnik
  • Policy analysis in representative democracy / David L. Weimer and Aidan R. Vining
  • Sham surgery : the problem of inadequate medical evidence / Alan S. Gerber and Eric M. Patashnik
  • Urban transportation / Clifford Winston
  • Achieving fundamental housing policy reform / Edgar O. Olsen
  • Fixing special education / Jay P. Greene
  • Decision markets for policy advice / Robin Hanson
  • An experimental basis for public policy initiatives / Charles A. Holt, William M. Shobe, and Angela M. Smith
  • Can Congress serve the general welfare? / Sarah A. Binder
  • Congress as problem solver / David R. Mayhew
  • Parties as problem solvers? / Morris P. Fiorina
  • Taking the Brandeis metaphor seriously : policy experimentation within a federal system / Mark Carl Rom
  • The states as a laboratory : legal innovation and state competition for corporate charters / Roberta Romano
  • Two perspectives on governmental underperformance / Eugene Bardach.

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