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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813341703321

Autore

Morgan Kimberly J

Titolo

The Delegated Welfare State: Medicare, Markets, and the Governance of Social Policy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-42327-8

9786613423276

0-19-973035-0

0-19-987563-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 305 p.) : ill

Collana

Oxford studies in postwar American political development The delegated welfare state

Disciplina

361.6/50973

Soggetti

Human services - Contracting out - United States

Privatization - United States

Welfare state - United States

Social Welfare & Social Work

Social Sciences

Social Welfare & Social Work - General

United States Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Exploring the delegated welfare state -- Medicare and the delegated welfare state in the post-war era -- The rise of the market reform movement -- Crafting the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 -- Administering the delegated welfare state the cases of medicare and the Medicare Modernization Act -- The delegated welfare state and policy feedbacks -- Citizens, consumers, and the market model.

Sommario/riassunto

'The Delegated Welfare State' tackles the federal government's increasing propensity in recent times to outsource governmental functions to the private sector.