Promoting the general welfare  new perspectives on government performance /  [electronic resource] : 
Alan S. Gerber, Eric M. Patashnik, editors. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Brookings Institution Press,  c2006. 
 - viii, 344 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Papers originally presented at a conference held at the University of Virginia in November 2004. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public welfare administration--Evaluation--United States--Congresses.<br/>Public administration--Evaluation--United States--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social conditions--1980---Congresses.<br/>United States--Politics and government--2001---Congresses.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV95  / .P7375 2006eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>361.60973