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245	0	0	_aPromoting the general welfare _h[electronic resource] : _bnew perspectives on government performance / _cAlan S. Gerber, Eric M. Patashnik, editors.
260			_aWashington, D.C. : _bBrookings Institution Press, _cc2006.
300			_aviii, 344 p. : _bill.
500			_aPapers originally presented at a conference held at the University of Virginia in November 2004.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_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.
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.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. _bPalo Alto, Calif. : _cebrary, _d2013. _nAvailable via World Wide Web. _nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aPublic welfare administration _zUnited States _xEvaluation _vCongresses.
650		0	_aPublic administration _zUnited States _xEvaluation _vCongresses.
651		0	_aUnited States _xSocial conditions _y1980- _vCongresses.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y2001-2009 _vCongresses.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
700	1		_aGerber, Alan S.
700	1		_aPatashnik, Eric M.
710	2		_aBrookings Institution.
710	2		_aebrary, Inc.
856	4	0	_uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10160984 _zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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