John D. Donahue, Joseph S. Nye Jr., editors ; Visions of Governance in the 21st Century.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Washington, D.C. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brookings Institution Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2002]
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c2002
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xii, 360 pages :
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illustrations ;
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24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Market-based governance and the architecture of accountability / John D. Donahue -- 2. Government contracting for health care / Karen Eggleston and Richard Zeckhauser -- 3. Service contracting with nonprofit and for-profit providers : on preserving a mixed organizational ecology / Peter Frumkin -- 4. Strategic contracting management / Steven Kelman -- 5. Market and state provision in old-age income security : an international perspective / Georges de Menil -- 6. Bundling, boundary setting, and the privatization of legal information / Frederick Schauer and Virginia J. Wise -- 7.Making social markets : dispersed governance and corporate accountability / Archon Fung -- 8. Lessons from the American experiment with market-based environmental policies / Robert N. Stavins -- 9. Management-based regulatory strategies / Cary Coglianese and David Lazer -- 10. The end of government as we know it / Elaine Ciulla Kamarck -- 11. The problem of public jobs / John D. Donahue -- 12. Privatizing public management / Mark H. Moore -- 13. Government performance and the conundrum of public trust / Robert D. Behn -- Contributors -- Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Market-based governance is the handing over of traditional governmental functions to private players. Logically it is the next step on the way to the dismantling of democracy as exemplified for example in the Enron/Andersen outrage.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Government business enterprises.
Privatization.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Donahue, John D.
Nye, Joseph S.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Visions of Governance in the 21st Century (Program)