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Titolo |
Promoting the general welfare : new perspectives on government performance / / Alan S. Gerber, Eric M. Patashnik, editors |
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Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-76566-6 |
9786610765669 |
0-8157-3122-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (353 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GerberAlan S |
PatashnikEric M |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Public welfare administration - United States - Evaluation |
Public administration - United States - Evaluation |
United States Social conditions 1980- Congresses |
United States Politics and government 2001-2009 Congresses |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Papers originally presented at a conference held at the University of Virginia in November 2004. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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