000407191 000__ 03243cam\a2200445\a\4500 000407191 001__ 407191 000407191 005__ 20210513142648.0 000407191 006__ m\\\\\\\\u\\\\\\\\ 000407191 007__ cr\cn||||||||| 000407191 008__ 060824s2006\\\\dcua\\\\sb\\\\101\0\eng\d 000407191 010__ $$z 2006028091 000407191 020__ $$z9780815731207 (cloth : alk. paper) 000407191 020__ $$z0815731205 (cloth : alk. paper) 000407191 020__ $$z9780815731214 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000407191 020__ $$z0815731213 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000407191 020__ $$z9780815731221 000407191 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10160984 000407191 035__ $$a(OCoLC)648134291 000407191 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000407191 043__ $$an-us--- 000407191 05014 $$aHV95$$b.P7375 2006eb 000407191 08204 $$a361.60973$$222 000407191 24500 $$aPromoting the general welfare$$h[electronic resource] :$$bnew perspectives on government performance /$$cAlan S. Gerber, Eric M. Patashnik, editors. 000407191 260__ $$aWashington, D.C. :$$bBrookings Institution Press,$$cc2006. 000407191 300__ $$aviii, 344 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm. 000407191 500__ $$aPapers originally presented at a conference held at the University of Virginia in November 2004. 000407191 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000407191 5050_ $$aGovernment 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. 000407191 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000407191 520__ $$a"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. 000407191 650_0 $$aPublic welfare administration$$zUnited States$$xEvaluation$$vCongresses. 000407191 650_0 $$aPublic administration$$zUnited States$$xEvaluation$$vCongresses. 000407191 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xSocial conditions$$y1980-$$vCongresses. 000407191 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$y2001-2009$$vCongresses. 000407191 655_7 $$aElectronic books.$$2lcsh 000407191 7001_ $$aGerber, Alan S. 000407191 7001_ $$aPatashnik, Eric M. 000407191 852__ $$bebk 000407191 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10160984$$zOnline Access 000407191 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:407191$$pGLOBAL_SET 000407191 980__ $$aEBOOK 000407191 980__ $$aBIB 000407191 982__ $$aEbook 000407191 983__ $$aOnline