Entitlement Policymaking
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget. Task Force on Entitlements, Uncontrollables, and Indexing
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 352
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget. Task Force on Entitlements, Uncontrollables, and Indexing
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 352
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget. Task Force on Entitlements, Uncontrollables, and Indexing
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 364
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Anne Larason Schneider
Publisher: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780700608430
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA theoretical work on how democracy can be improved when people are disenchanted with government. It summarizes four current approaches to policy theory - pluralism, policy sciences, public choice, and critical theory - and shows how none offer more than a partial view of policy design.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget. Task Force on Entitlements, Uncontrollables, and Indexing
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Published: 1983
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lawrence M. Mead
Publisher: New York : Free Press
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 346
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines the effects of social welfare policies and argues that the poor should be entitled to benefits only if they fulfill the responsibilities of citizenship.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget. Task Force on Entitlements, Uncontrollables, and Indexing
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lawrence M. Mead
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2008-06-30
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 1439119570
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMead's timely and closely reasoned analysis makes a strong intellectual and moral case for a more authoritative welfare policy.
Author: Anne L. Schneider
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2012-02-01
Total Pages: 387
ISBN-13: 0791483835
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublic policy in the United States is marked by a contradiction between the American ideal of equality and the reality of an underclass of marginalized and disadvantaged people who are widely viewed as undeserving and incapable. Deserving and Entitled provides a close inspection of many different policy arenas, showing how the use of power and the manipulation of images have made it appear both natural and appropriate that some target populations benefit from policy, while others do not. These social constructions of deservedness and entitlement, unless challenged, become amplified over time and institutionalized into permanent lines of social, economic, and political cleavage. The contributors here express concern that too often public policy sends messages harmful to democracy and contributes significantly to the pattern of uneven political participation in the United States.
Author: David G. Smith
Publisher: Aldine De Gruyter
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780202307183
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEntitlement Politics describes partisan attempts to shrink the size of government by targeting two major federal health care entitlements. Efforts to restructure or eliminate entitlements as such, and to privatize and decentralize programs, along with more traditional attempts to amend and reform Medicare and Medicaid have radically transformed policymaking with respect to these programs. However, they have failed to achieve fundamental or lasting reform. Smith combines historical narrative and case studies with descriptions of the technical aspects and dynamics of policymaking to help the consumer understand how the process has changed, evaluate particular policies and outcomes, and anticipate future possibilities. His account intentionally goes at some length into the substance of the programs, the policies that are involved, and the views of different protagonists about the major issues in the dispute. One unhealthy consequence of politicizing Medicare and Medicaid policy has been to separate public debate from the technical and organizational realities underlying issues of cost containment or program structure. Smith considers this development unfortunate, since it leaves even informed citizens unable to evaluate the claims being made. Ironically, strife over Medicare has complicated the political and policy issues in American life. Only a serious and genuine bipartisan effort bringing forth the best efforts of both political parties--and some of the best industry leaders and policy experts in the field--is likely to achieve genuine reform. The more people and parties know about the history, politics, and policies of these programs, the better our prospects for devising workable, equitable, and lasting solutions. This volume leads the way toward that understanding. David G. Smith is Richter Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Swarthmore College and has been a student of health policy since 1965. Among his books is an earlier study of health policy, Paying for Medicare.
Author: Pamela Herd
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 2019-01-09
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 1610448782
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of the 2020 Outstanding Book Award Presented by the Public and Nonprofit Section of the National Academy of Management Winner of the 2019 Louis Brownlow Book Award from the National Academy of Public Administration Bureaucracy, confusing paperwork, and complex regulations—or what public policy scholars Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan call administrative burdens—often introduce delay and frustration into our experiences with government agencies. Administrative burdens diminish the effectiveness of public programs and can even block individuals from fundamental rights like voting. In AdministrativeBurden, Herd and Moynihan document that the administrative burdens citizens regularly encounter in their interactions with the state are not simply unintended byproducts of governance, but the result of deliberate policy choices. Because burdens affect people’s perceptions of government and often perpetuate long-standing inequalities, understanding why administrative burdens exist and how they can be reduced is essential for maintaining a healthy public sector. Through in-depth case studies of federal programs and controversial legislation, the authors show that administrative burdens are the nuts-and-bolts of policy design. Regarding controversial issues such as voter enfranchisement or abortion rights, lawmakers often use administrative burdens to limit access to rights or services they oppose. For instance, legislators have implemented administrative burdens such as complicated registration requirements and strict voter-identification laws to suppress turnout of African American voters. Similarly, the right to an abortion is legally protected, but many states require women seeking abortions to comply with burdens such as mandatory waiting periods, ultrasounds, and scripted counseling. As Herd and Moynihan demonstrate, administrative burdens often disproportionately affect the disadvantaged who lack the resources to deal with the financial and psychological costs of navigating these obstacles. However, policymakers have sometimes reduced administrative burdens or shifted them away from citizens and onto the government. One example is Social Security, which early administrators of the program implemented in the 1930s with the goal of minimizing burdens for beneficiaries. As a result, the take-up rate is about 100 percent because the Social Security Administration keeps track of peoples’ earnings for them, automatically calculates benefits and eligibility, and simply requires an easy online enrollment or visiting one of 1,200 field offices. Making more programs and public services operate this efficiently, the authors argue, requires adoption of a nonpartisan, evidence-based metric for determining when and how to institute administrative burdens, with a bias toward reducing them. By ensuring that the public’s interaction with government is no more onerous than it need be, policymakers and administrators can reduce inequality, boost civic engagement, and build an efficient state that works for all citizens.