Competition, Choice, and Incentives in Government Programs

. Ed(s): Kamensky, John M.; Morales, Albert

ISBN 10: 0742552136 / ISBN 13: 9780742552135

Published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2006

About this Item

Since the 1980s, the language used around market-based government has muddied its meaning and polarized its proponents and critics. This work hopes to reframe competing views of market-based government so it is seen not as an ideology but rather as a fact-based set of approaches for managing government services and programs more efficiently. Editor(s): Kamensky, John M.; Morales, Albert. Series: IBM Center for the Business of Government. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635. . 2006. Paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Competition, Choice, and Incentives in Government Programs
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742552136
• ISBN 13: 9780742552135
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Since the 1980s, the language used around market-based government has muddied its meaning and polarized its proponents and critics, making the topic politicized and controversial. Competition, Choice, and Incentives in Government Programs hopes to reframe competing views of market-based government so it is seen not as an ideology but rather as a fact-based set of approaches for managing government services and programs more efficiently and effectively.

About the Author

Sandra Young is Professor of English Literary Studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her publications include Shakespeare in the Global South: Stories of Oceans Crossed in Contemporary Adaptation (The Arden Shakespeare, 2019) and The Early Modern Global South in Print: Textual Form and the Production of Human Difference as Knowledge (2015).