Drawing the Line Public and Private in America

Stark, Andrew

ISBN 10: 0815703333 / ISBN 13: 9780815703334

Published by Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D. C., 2009

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1 x 8.9 x 6.3 Inches; 245 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Drawing the Line Public and Private in America
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D. C.
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815703333
• ISBN 13: 9780815703334
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Political Science

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Synopsis

With the growth of the U.S national government under the Obama administration, the perennial debate over where to draw the line between public and private has come to the fore yet again. This time around, however, the stakes are higher than ever as unprecedented amounts of public money are poured into private corporations. Are these arguments specific to policy and community, or do they reveal something bigger about politics and society? Having conducted hundreds of interviews with policymakers and advocates, Stark weaves that input with his own innovative insights into a counterintuitive view on how citizens at the grassroots level divide up in policy debates - e.g, on education, land use, health care, and welfare-over the line between public and private responsibility. In doing so, the book provides striking Main Street lessons on creating new policy coalitions.

About the Author

Andrew Stark teaches ethics and strategic management at the University of Toronto. He is the author of The Limits of Medicine (Cambridge University Press, 2006) and Conflict of Interest in American Public Life (Harvard University Press, 2000).