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Zusatztext This book moves the discussion of American state formation forward from a mere cataloguing of policies that have been hidden from view to detailed analysis of those policies and their politics. Informationen zum Autor Andrea Louise Campbell is Associate Professor of Political Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kimberly J. Morgan is Associate Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. Klappentext In The Delegated Welfare State, the first book in the Oxford Studies in Postwar American Political Development series, Andrea Campbell and Kimberly Morgan use the exampke of Medicare to tackle the federal government's increasing propensity in recent times to outsource governmental functions to the private sector. Zusammenfassung In The Delegated Welfare State, the first book in the Oxford Studies in Postwar American Political Development series, Andrea Campbell and Kimberly Morgan use the exampke of Medicare to tackle the federal government's increasing propensity in recent times to outsource governmental functions to the private sector. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures List of Tables Abbreviations Acknowledgements Chapter One. Introduction The Concept of Delegated Governance The Case Study of Medicare The Methodology and Organization of This Book Chapter Two. Exploring the Delegated Welfare State Conceptualizing the Delegated Welfare State What Does the Delegated Welfare State Look Like? A Cross-National Perspective on Delegated Governance Why Did the Delegated Welfare State Emerge in the US? Does It Matter How Social Programs Are Administered? Conclusion Chapter Three. Medicare and the Delegated Welfare State in the Post-War Era The Emergence of the Delegated Welfare State Delegating the Governance of Medicare Conclusion Chapter Four. The Rise of the Market Reform Movement The Complex Politics of Welfare State Privatization The Free Market Movement in Health Care The Politics of Marketization Conclusion Chapter Five. Crafting the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 Delegated Governance in the MMA The Political Context: Polarization, ...