TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gerber,Alan S.
AU  - Patashnik,Eric M.
ED  - Brookings Institution.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Promoting the general welfare: new perspectives on government performance 
AV  - HV95 .P7375 2006eb
U1  - 361.60973 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Brookings Institution Press
KW  - Public welfare administration
KW  - United States
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Public administration
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1980-
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 2001-
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Papers originally presented at a conference held at the University of Virginia in November 2004; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - "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
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