The private abuse of the public interest
Subtitle: market myths and policy muddles
By: Lawrence D. Brown and Lawrence R. Jacobs.
Contributors: Jacobs, Lawrence R.
Series: Chicago studies in american politics
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226076423; 9780226076430
Subjects: Public administration -- United States.; Social service -- Contracting out -- United States.; Public welfare -- Contracting out -- United States.; Public-private sector cooperation -- United States.; United States -- Economic policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A return to realism; title: Markets and policy: from pragmatic realism to dogmatic utopianism; title: Cycles of reform: formulation and ratification of market utopianism; title: Cycles of reform: institutional reality and the dystopia of markets; title: The democratic disconnect and the growth of government; title: Pragmatic policy in the marketplace of ideas; title: References; title: Index.