new perspectives on government performance Gerber, Alan S. Patashnik, Eric M. Brookings Institution ebrary, Inc text bibliography conference publication Electronic books. dcu Washington, D.C Brookings Institution Press c2006 2006 monographic eng

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viii, 344 p. : ill. "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. 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. Alan S. Gerber, Eric M. Patashnik, editors. Papers originally presented at a conference held at the University of Virginia in November 2004. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. n-us--- Public welfare administration United States Evaluation Congresses Public administration United States Evaluation Congresses United States Social conditions 1980- Congresses United States Politics and government 2001-2009 Congresses HV95 .P7375 2006eb 361.60973 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10160984 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10160984 CaPaEBR 060824 ebr10160984