Promoting the general welfare [[electronic resource] ] : new perspectives on government performance / / Alan S. Gerber, Eric M. Patashnik, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457878703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2006
• ISBN: 1-280-76566-6; 9786610765669; 0-8157-3122-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GerberAlan S; PatashnikEric M
• Disciplina: 361.60973
• Soggetti: Public welfare administration - United States - Evaluation; Public administration - United States - Evaluation; Electronic books.; United States Social conditions 1980-2020 Congresses; United States Politics and government 2001-2009 Congresses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Papers originally presented at a conference held at the University of Virginia in November 2004.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.