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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457878703321

Titolo

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

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.