The Delegated Welfare State: Medicare, Markets, and the Governance of Social Policy
Morgan, Kimberly JAuthor
Campbell, Andrea Louise,1966-Contributor
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011.
'The Delegated Welfare State' tackles the federal government's increasing propensity in recent times to outsource governmental functions to the private sector.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
'The Delegated Welfare State' tackles the federal government's increasing propensity in recent times to outsource governmental functions to the private sector.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Exploring the delegated welfare state -- Medicare and the delegated welfare state in the post-war era -- The rise of the market reform movement -- Crafting the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 -- Administering the delegated welfare state the cases of medicare and the Medicare Modernization Act -- The delegated welfare state and policy feedbacks -- Citizens, consumers, and the market model.
Human services
Privatization
Welfare state
Social Welfare & Social Work
Social Sciences
Social Welfare & Social Work - General