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Delegated Welfare State Medicare, Markets, and the Governance of Social Policy

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ISBN-10: 0199730342

ISBN-13: 9780199730346

Edition: 2011

Authors: Kimberly J. Morgan, Andrea Louise Campbell

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InThe Delegated Welfare State, the first book in theOxford Studies in Postwar American Political Developmentseries, Andrea Campbell and Kimberly Morgan tackle the federal government's increasing propensity in recent times to outsource governmental functions to the private sector. They use the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, under which insurance companies assumed many policy implementation responsibilities, as their central example, but their argument extends far beyond that single episode. They also consider the government's reliance on private security forces in Iraq, its use of for-profit entities to provide social services, and its outsourcing of construction oversight in federal…    
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Book details

List price: $89.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/14/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 328
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.29" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

Andrea Louise Campbell is professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of How Policies Make Citizens and coauthor of The Delegated Welfare State.

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
The Concept of Delegated Governance
The Case Study of Medicare
The Methodology and Organization Of This Book
Exploring the Delegated Welfare State
Conceptualizing The Delegated Welfare State
What Does The Delegated Welfare State Look Like?
A Cross-National Perspective On Delegated Governance
Why Did The Delegated Welfare State Emerge In The United States?
Does It Matter How Social Programs Are Administered?
Conclusion
Medicare and the Delegated Welfare State in the Postwar Era
The Emergence Of The Delegated Welfare State
Delegating Social Welfare Delivery To The Nonprofit Sector
Delegating The Governance Of Medicare
Conclusion
The Rise of the Market Reform Movement
The Complex Politics Of Welfare State Reform
The Free Market Movement In Health Care
The Politics Of Market Reform
Conclusion
Crafting the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003
Delegated Governance in The MMA
The Political Context: Polarization, Electoral Competition, And Partisan Conflict
Program Design: The Turn To Delegated Governance
Passing The MMA In 2003
The Politics Op Delegated Governance
Administering the Delegated Welfare State: The Cases of Medicare and the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act
Delegated Governance in Traditional Medicare: A Mixed Picture
Creating A Social Welfare Marketplace: The 2003 MMA
Conclusion
The Delegated Welfare State and Policy Feedbacks
Studying Feedbacks at The Mass Level: The MMA Panel Survey
The Feedbacks That Have Not Happened (Yet)
The Feedbacks That Did Happen: Public Demobilization and Issue Preemption
Conclusion
Citizens, Consumers, and the Market Model
Consumers And The Requirements Of The Market Model
Senior Consumers And Part D Decision-Making
Part D Effectiveness And Senior Welfare: Mixed Evidence
Vulnerable Populations And Redistributive Issues
Conclusion
Conclusion: Delegated Governance, Past, Present, and Future
Implications For Thinking About The American State
The Politics Of Entitlements: Off-Center Or Catering To The Mushy Middle?
The 2010 Health Care Reform: More Delegated Governance
Improving The Delegated Welfare State
Data Sources
Interviews
Mma Panel Survey
Wisconsin Advertising Project Data
Supplementary Tables
Notes
Index