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Equity and choice : an essay in economics and applied philosophy
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ISBN: 0043500668 004350065X 1280323485 0203400097 1134998805 0203333705 0429230869 9780203333709 9780203400098 9780043500651 9786610323487 6610323488 9780043500668 9781134998807 9781280323485 9780429230868 9781134998753 9781134998791 1134998791 Year: 1991 Publisher: London : HarperCollins Academic,

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Equity and Choice offers a new answer to an age-old problem: the meaning of a just or equitable distribution of resources. Julian Le Grand examines the principal interpretations of equity used by economists and political philosophers, and argues that none captures the essence of the term as well as an alternative conception relating equity to the existence or otherwise of individual choice. He shows that this conception is not only philosophically well-grounded but is also directly relevant to key areas of distributional policy. The theoretical argument is complemented by detailed discussion o

The other invisible hand : delivering public services through choice and competition
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ISBN: 0691129363 9780691129365 9786612157462 1282157469 1400828007 9781400828005 9781282157460 Year: 2007 Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press,

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How can we ensure high-quality public services such as health care and education? Governments spend huge amounts of public money on public services such as health, education, and social care, and yet the services that are actually delivered are often low quality, inefficiently run, unresponsive to their users, and inequitable in their distribution. In this book, Julian Le Grand argues that the best solution is to offer choice to users and to encourage competition among providers. Le Grand has just completed a period as policy advisor working within the British government at the highest levels, and from this he has gained evidence to support his earlier theoretical work and has experienced the political reality of putting public policy theory into practice. He examines four ways of delivering public services: trust; targets and performance management; "voice"; and choice and competition. He argues that, although all of these have their merits, in most situations policies that rely on extending choice and competition among providers have the most potential for delivering high-quality, efficient, responsive, and equitable services. But it is important that the relevant policies be appropriately designed, and this book provides a detailed discussion of the principal features that these policies should have in the context of health care and education. It concludes with a discussion of the politics of choice.

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Motivation, agency, and public policy : of knights and knaves, pawns and queens
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ISBN: 0199298912 9780199298914 0199266999 9780199266999 0191532975 1282007270 9786612007279 Year: 2003 Publisher: Oxford: Oxford university press,

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Can we rely on the altruism of professionals or the public service ethos to deliver good quality health and education services? And how should patients, parents, and pupils behave - as grateful recipients or active consumers?This book provides new answers to these questions - a milestone in the analysis and development of public policy, from one of the leading thinkers in the field. It provides a new perspective on policy design, emphasising the importance of analysing the motivation of professionals and others who work within the public sector, and both their and public service beneficiaries'

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Social policy --- Motivation (psychologie) --- 336.025 --- 361.610941 --- Uitgaven voor onderwijs en opvoeding. --- Welfare state. --- Public administration. --- Agent (Philosophy) --- Motivation (Psychology) --- Great Britain --- Social policy. --- Welfare state --- Public administration --- Agent (Philosophy). --- Motivation (Psychology). --- Administration publique --- Services publics --- Etat providence --- Administration publique (Science) --- Agent (Philosophie) --- Motivation (Psychologie) --- Grande-Bretagne --- Politique sociale --- #SBIB:043.IOS --- #SBIB:35H2110 --- 330.580 --- 336.024 --- AA / International- internationaal --- Action, Psychology of --- Drive (Psychology) --- Psychology of action --- Agency (Philosophy) --- Agents --- Person (Philosophy) --- Administration, Public --- Delivery of government services --- Government services, Delivery of --- Public management --- Public sector management --- State, Welfare --- Personeelsmanagement: openbaar ambt: algemeen --- Gecontroleerde economie. Geleide economie. Welvaarststaat. Algemeenheden --- Sociale begroting, rekeningen en uitgaven. Gezondheid --- Uitgaven voor onderwijs en opvoeding --- Administration publique. --- Services publics. --- Economic policy --- Public welfare --- State, The --- Welfare economics --- Political science --- Administrative law --- Decentralization in government --- Local government --- Public officers --- Psychology --- Act (Philosophy) --- Philosophy --- Great Britain - Social policy


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Privatisation and the welfare state
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ISBN: 0043360793 Year: 1984 Publisher: London Allen & Unwin

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The economics of social problems : the market versus the State
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ISBN: 0333353056 9780333353059 Year: 1984 Publisher: London: MacMillan,

Quasi-markets and social policy
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ISBN: 0333565185 0333565193 9780333565186 9780333565193 Year: 1993 Publisher: Basingstoke: MacMillan,

Health care and cost containment in the European Union
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ISBN: 1840144033 9781840144031 Year: 1999 Publisher: Aldershot: Ashgate,

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