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_aPromoting the general welfare _h[electronic resource] : _bnew perspectives on government performance / _cAlan S. Gerber, Eric M. Patashnik, editors. |
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_aWashington, D.C. : _bBrookings Institution Press, _cc2006. |
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_aviii, 344 p. : _bill. |
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| 500 | _aPapers originally presented at a conference held at the University of Virginia in November 2004. | ||
| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _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. | |
| 520 | _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. | ||
| 533 | _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
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_aPublic welfare administration _zUnited States _xEvaluation _vCongresses. |
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| 710 | 2 | _aBrookings Institution. | |
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