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953300
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b707670
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Promoting the general welfare : : new perspectives on government performance /\ Alan S. Gerber, Eric M. Patashnik, editors.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Brookings Institution Press,, ©2006.
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1 online resource (viii, 344 pages) :: illustrations
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0815731221
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: 1280765666
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: 6610765669
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: 9780815731221
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: 9781280765667
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: 9786610765669
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0815731205
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0815731213
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9780815731207
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9780815731214
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| Notes
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Papers originally presented at a conference held at the University of Virginia in November 2004.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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"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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Public administration-- United States-- Evaluation, Congresses.
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Public welfare administration-- United States-- Evaluation, Congresses.
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Evaluation
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Policy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services Welfare.
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Politics and government.
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Public administration-- Evaluation.
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Public welfare administration-- Evaluation.
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Social conditions.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Human Services.
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Sozialverwaltung
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Overheid.
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Prestaties.
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Sociale politiek.
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United States, Politics and government, 2001-2009, Congresses.
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United States, Social conditions, 1980-Congresses.
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United States.
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USA.
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Verenigde Staten.
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| Dewey Classification
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361.60973
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| LC Classification
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HV95.P7375 2006eb
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88.11bcl
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88.11.bcl
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| Added Entry
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Gerber, Alan S.
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Patashnik, Eric M.
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Brookings Institution.
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