The private abuse of the public interest : market myths and policy muddles / Lawrence D. Brown and Lawrence R. Jacobs.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Chicago studies in American politics.
Main Author: Brown, Lawrence D. (Lawrence David), 1947-
Other Authors: Jacobs, Lawrence R.
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Series:Chicago studies in American politics.
Subjects:
Public administration > United States.
Social service > Contracting out > United States.
Public welfare > Contracting out > United States.
United States > Economic policy.
Public-private sector cooperation > United States.
Physical Description:ix, 151 pages ; 22 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • A return to realism
  • Markets and policy: from pragmatic realism to dogmatic utopianism
  • Cycles of reform: formulation and ratification of market utopianism
  • Cycles of reform: institutional reality and the dystopia of markets
  • The democratic disconnect and the growth of government
  • Pragmatic policy in the marketplace of ideas.