Promoting the general welfare new perspectives on government performance /
"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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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Promoting the general welfare |h [electronic resource] : |b new perspectives on government performance / |c Alan S. Gerber, Eric M. Patashnik, editors. |
| 260 | |a Washington, D.C. : |b Brookings Institution Press, |c c2006. | ||
| 300 | |a viii, 344 p. : |b ill. | ||
| 500 | |a Papers originally presented at a conference held at the University of Virginia in November 2004. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | |a "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. | ||
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. |b Palo Alto, Calif. : |c ebrary, |d 2013. |n Available via World Wide Web. |n Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Public welfare administration |z United States |x Evaluation |v Congresses. | |
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| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Politics and government |y 2001-2009 |v Congresses. | |
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| 700 | 1 | |a Patashnik, Eric M. | |
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