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050 1 4 _aHD3850
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100 1 _aGingrich, Jane R.,
_d1978-
245 1 0 _aMaking markets in the welfare state
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe politics of varying market reforms /
_cJane R. Gingrich.
260 _aCambridge ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2011.
300 _ax, 273 p. :
_bill.
490 1 _aCambridge studies in comparative politics
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-266) and index.
505 0 _a1. Introduction -- 2. Markets and politics -- 3. The rise of markets -- 4. Health care markets -- 5. Education markets -- 6. Markets in elderly care -- 7. Conclusion.
520 _a"In 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States on the promise of radically reforming American government by cutting spending and welfare entitlements and improving conditions for private entrepreneurship. For Reagan, American government was akin to an alligator infested swamp, not only stagnant but dangerous. Thousands of miles away, the Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme, in response to a local government's attempt to privatize a childcare center, took a different stance. Palme argued that the introduction of markets would create "Kentucky Fried Children," the market standing for things American and unhealthy, a threat to Swedish children and the Swedish welfare state"--
_cProvided by publisher.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aPrivatization.
650 0 _aWelfare state.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
830 0 _aCambridge studies in comparative politics.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10502838
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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