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200 00$aPromoting the general welfare$b[electronic resource] $enew perspectives on government performance /$fAlan S. Gerber, Eric M. Patashnik, editors
210   $aWashington, D.C. $cBrookings Institution Press$dc2006
215   $a1 online resource (353 p.)
300   $aPapers originally presented at a conference held at the University of Virginia in November 2004.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aGovernment 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.
330   $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.
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607   $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1980-2020$vCongresses
607   $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009$vCongresses
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