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

• Autore: Morgan Kimberly J
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 305 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 361.6/50973
• Soggetto topico: Human services - Contracting out - United States; Privatization - United States; Welfare state - United States; Social Welfare & Social Work; Social Sciences; Social Welfare & Social Work - General
• Soggetto geografico: United States Social policy
• Persona (resp. second.): CampbellAndrea Louise <1966->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Delegated Welfare State: Medicare, Markets, and the Governance of Social Policy
• ISBN: 1-283-42327-8; 9786613423276; 0-19-973035-0; 0-19-987563-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813341703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford studies in postwar American political development.