Screen LibraryPositioning markets and governments in public management /
"This book explores the positioning of markets and governments in the assessment of public management and policies and on how political economies embrace modern day issues. It focuses on issues of economic and public policy issues from a social equity, democratic perspective"--
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IGI Global,
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| Publisher Address: | Hershey, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-5225-4177-6 |
| Summary: |
"This book explores the positioning of markets and governments in the assessment of public management and policies and on how political economies embrace modern day issues. It focuses on issues of economic and public policy issues from a social equity, democratic perspective"-- |
| Carrier Form: | 24 PDFs (xxi, 294 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781522541783 |
| Access: | Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers. |
| Index Number: | JF1351 |
| CLC: | D035 |
| Contents: | Section 1. Frameworks and theoretical perspectives. Chapter 1. States via markets and markets via states: symbiosis and change, not conflict ; Chapter 2. Understanding the relationship between the state and markets in public administration ; Chapter 3. Consumer and producer theory ; Chapter 4. Markets, efficiency, and governance ; Chapter 5. The role of government in a liberal market economy: a double-edge sword ; Chapter 6. Political economy of public administration: efficiency and equity tradeoff -- Section 2. Matters of public policy and management. Chapter 7. Healthcare in the United States: achieving fiscal health in the marketplace or delivering a sustainable public good? ; Chapter 8. Private prisons and the shift in marketplace from the war on drugs to the war on terror ; Chapter 9. The economic and social equity challenges in addressing charter schools in New York City ; Chapter 10. Causes and ramifications of public pension fund underfunding: a case study of the New Jersey pension funds ; Chapter 11. The inequity of user fees and the overreliance by communities to generate revenue ; Chapter 12. The growing separation between markets and government: factors affecting and solutions for highway infrastructure financing ; Chapter 13. Public-private partnerships in global health ; Chapter 14. The complexity surrounding market rationale in public decision making in the twenty-first century -- Section 3. Global perspectives: looking beyond the U.S. Chapter 15. Public choice and financing local government fiscal reform in Albania ; Chapter 16. Unequal opportunities and inequitable outcomes: rethinking education finance policy design for a global society ; Chapter 17. Enhancing competitiveness of public utilities in Nigeria: the case of the power holding company of Nigeria (PHCN). |