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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Table of Contents:
  • A return to realism
  • Markets and policy: from pragmatic realism to dogmatic utopianism
  • Cycles of reform: formulation and ratification of market utopianism
  • Cycles of reform: institutional reality and the dystopia of markets
  • The democratic disconnect and the growth of government
  • Pragmatic policy in the marketplace of ideas.

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