Promoting the general welfare (Record no. 243326)
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| fixed length control field | 03327nam a2200445 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 361.60973 |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Promoting the general welfare |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Washington, D.C. : |
| Name of publisher | Brookings Institution Press, |
| Year of publication | c2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | viii, 344 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Papers originally presented at a conference held at the University of Virginia in November 2004. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Public welfare administration |
| Topical Term | Public administration |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gerber, Alan S. |
| Personal name | Patashnik, Eric M. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10160984 |
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