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Individual and Social Responsibility
Victor R. Fuchs
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Description for Individual and Social Responsibility
Hardback. This work explores the political, social and economic forces that shape US policies affecting human services. Seeking to shed light on the tension between individual and social responsibility, it should appeal to economists, social scientists and policy-makers concerned with social policy issues. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Project Reports. Num Pages: 364 pages, 14 line drawings, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKS; JPQB; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 660.
Does the US government spend too little or too much on child care? How can education dollars be spent more efficiently? Should the government's role in medical care increase or decrease? In this volume, social scientists, lawyers and a physician explore the political, social and economic forces that shape policies affecting human services. Four studies of human-service sectors - child care, education, medical care and long-term care for the elderly - are followed by six cross-sector studies that stimulate new ways of thinking about human services through the application of economic theory, institutional analysis and the history of social policy. ... Read more
Does the US government spend too little or too much on child care? How can education dollars be spent more efficiently? Should the government's role in medical care increase or decrease? In this volume, social scientists, lawyers and a physician explore the political, social and economic forces that shape policies affecting human services. Four studies of human-service sectors - child care, education, medical care and long-term care for the elderly - are followed by six cross-sector studies that stimulate new ways of thinking about human services through the application of economic theory, institutional analysis and the history of social policy. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Series
National Bureau of Economic Research Project Reports
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226267869
SKU
V9780226267869
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