The third lie
Subtitle: why government programs don't work : and a blueprint for change
By: Richard J. Gelles
Publisher: Left Coast Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9781611320503; 9781611320510; 9781611320527
Subjects: Health care reform; Public welfare; Middle class; Economic conditions; Educational sociology; Social policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: government programs : the good, the bad, and the ugly; title: There ought to be a law!; title: When good intentions go bad : the education of Jennifer Felix; title: Programs that work; title: Effective government social programs: a new blueprint; title: Rebuilding Main Street : the futures account; title: Round up the usual suspects; title: The drunk and the lamp post; title: The emperor's wardrobe consultant; title: Notes; title: Index.