The Tools of Government A Guide to the New Governance

This important book is a comprehensive, practical handbook for governingin an age of privatization, deregulation, and free market politics.Featuring original essays by leading political scientists, economists, andother experts, the Handbook is a guide to the principles and practices of publicadministration at a time when governments no longer provide many services--butarrange for others to do so. The essays present, anaylze, and apply suchgoverning tools as vouchers, cooperative arrangements, tax subsidies,grants-in-aid, and contracting to a host of real-world issues.Designed for scholars in many fields, managers, program officers, and serviceproviders, the Handbook is a much-need source of critical, practicalknowledge.