{"product_id":"9781137436290","title":"The American Myth of Markets in Social Policy Ideological Roots of Inequality","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe American Myth of Markets in Social Policy\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eIdeological Roots of Inequality\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDebra Hevenstone\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Developing \u0026amp; Emerging Countries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe American Myth of Markets in Social Policy examines how implementing American tropes in policy design inadvertently frustrates policy goals. The book investigates multiple market-oriented designs including funding for private organizations to deliver public services, funding for individuals to buy services, and policies incentivizing or mandating private actors to provide social policy. Hevenstone shows that these solutions often not only fail to achieve social goals, but actively undermine them. The book carefully details the mechanisms through which this occurs, and examines several policies in depth, covering universal social insurance programs like healthcare and pensions, as well as smaller interventions like programs for the homeless.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eDebra Hevenstone is Senior Researcher at the University of Zurich, Switzerland and the University of Bern, Switzerland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 September 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan US\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781137436290\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e291\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50804928315532,"sku":"9781137436290","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781137436290.jpg?v=1781788474","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781137436290","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}