The delegated welfare state
Subtitle: medicare, markets, and the governance of social policy
By: Kimberly J. Morgan and Andrea Louise Campbell
Contributors: Campbell, Andrea Louise, 1966-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780199730346; 9780199730353
Subjects: Privatization; Welfare state; Human services; Social policy; Contracting out
Description: 'The Delegated Welfare State' tackles the federal government's increasing propensity in recent times to outsource governmental functions to the private sector.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Exploring the delegated welfare state; title: Medicare and the delegated welfare state in the post-war era; title: The rise of the market reform movement; title: Crafting the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003; title: Administering the delegated welfare state the cases of medicare and the Medicare Modernization Act; title: The delegated welfare state and policy feedbacks; title: Citizens, consumers, and the market model.