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1 online resource (x, 245 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Space -- America, the gated? -- Arresting developments -- Spaces, real and virtual -- Education -- What's wrong with private funding for public schools? -- What's wrong with state aid to parochial schools? -- Commercialism in the public schools -- Health care -- Thin the soup or shorten the line? -- Touring the boundary of medical necessity -- For richer and for poorer, but not in sickness and in health -- Welfare -- Moral economy in America -- Work and welfare -- Charitable choice : the hidden consensus -- Conclusion. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-233) and index. |
| Summary |
With the growth of the U.S national government under the Obama administration, the perennial debate over where to draw the line between public and private has come to the fore yet again. This time around, however, the stakes are higher than ever as unprecedented amounts of public money are poured into private corporations. In Drawing the Line, Andrew Stark takes a fresh and provocative look at how Americans debate the border between the public realm and the private. Are these arguments specific to policy and community, or do they reveal something bigger about politics and society?Having conduc. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Community development -- United States.
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Community development. |
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United States. |
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Public-private sector cooperation -- United States.
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Public-private sector cooperation. |
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United States -- Social policy.
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Social policy. |
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Right of property -- United States.
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Right of property. |
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Government ownership -- United States.
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Government ownership. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stark, Andrew, 1956- Drawing the line. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2010 9780815703334 (DLC) 2009042013 (OCoLC)368048287 |
| ISBN |
9780815704607 electronic book |
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0815704607 electronic book |
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9780815703334 alkaline paper |
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0815703333 alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9786612546815 |
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