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1 online resource (viii, 344 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Note |
Papers originally presented at a conference held at the University of Virginia in November 2004. |
| Summary |
"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, and federalism affect government's ability to solve important social problems"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Public welfare administration -- United States -- Evaluation -- Congresses.
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Public welfare administration. |
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United States. |
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Evaluation. |
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Public administration -- United States -- Evaluation -- Congresses.
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Public administration. |
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020 -- Congresses.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009 -- Congresses.
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Politics and government. |
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2001-2009 |
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980- |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2001- |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1980 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Gerber, Alan S.
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Patashnik, Eric M.
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Brookings Institution.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Promoting the general welfare. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2006 9780815731207 0815731205 (DLC) 2006028091 (OCoLC)71189805 |
| ISBN |
9780815731221 (electronic book) |
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0815731221 (electronic book) |
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1280765666 |
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9781280765667 |
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9780815731207 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0815731205 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780815731214 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0815731213 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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