The private abuse of the public interest : market myths and policy muddles

The private abuse of the public interest : market myths and policy muddles / Lawrence D. Brown and Lawrence R. Jacobs.

Despite George W. Bush's professed opposition to big government, federal spending has increased under his watch more quickly than it did during the Clinton administration, and demands on government have continued to grow. Why? Lawrence Brown and Lawrence Jacobs show that conservative efforts to...

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Main Author: Brown, Lawrence D. (Lawrence David), 1947-
Other Authors: Jacobs, Lawrence R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Series:Chicago studies in American politics.
Subjects:
Public administration > United States.
Social service > Contracting out > United States.
Public welfare > Contracting out > United States.
Public-private sector cooperation > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Economic policy
Public administration
Public-private sector cooperation
Public welfare > Contracting out
Social service > Contracting out
Öffentliche Aufgaben
Contracting-out
United States > Economic policy.
United States
USA
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Summary:Despite George W. Bush's professed opposition to big government, federal spending has increased under his watch more quickly than it did during the Clinton administration, and demands on government have continued to grow. Why? Lawrence Brown and Lawrence Jacobs show that conservative efforts to expand markets and shrink government often have the ironic effect of expanding government's reach by creating problems that force legislators to enact new rules and regulations. Dismantling the flawed reasoning behind these attempts to cast markets and public power in opposing roles, The Private Abuse o.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 151 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-144) and index.
ISBN:9780226076454
0226076458
0226076423
9780226076423
9786612069659
6612069651
1282069659
9781282069657
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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