The American myth of markets in social policy : ideological roots of inequality / Debra Hevenstone.
"The American Myth of Markets in Social Policy examines how implementing American tropes in policy design inadvertently frustrates policy goals. The book investigates multiple market-oriented designs including funding for private organizations to deliver public services, funding for individuals...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
September 2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "The American Myth of Markets in Social Policy examines how implementing American tropes in policy design inadvertently frustrates policy goals. The book investigates multiple market-oriented designs including funding for private organizations to deliver public services, funding for individuals to buy services, and policies incentivizing or mandating private actors to provide social policy. Hevenstone shows that these solutions often not only fail to achieve social goals, but actively undermine them. The book carefully details the mechanisms through which this occurs, and examines several policies in depth, covering universal social insurance programs like healthcare and pensions, as well as smaller interventions like programs for the homeless."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 291 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-286) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137436306 1137436301 9781137436313 113743631X |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |