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    Publication date:
    June 2021
    July 2021
    ISBN:
    9781108767552
    9781108487641
    9781108720748
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108767552
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    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.41kg, 184 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.28kg, 184 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Economics, Macroeconomics, Law and Economics, Law
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A public option is a government-provided social good that exists alongside a similar privately provided good. While the public option is typically identified with health care policy, public options have been a longstanding feature of American life in a variety of sectors, ranging from libraries to swimming pools. Public schools, for example, coexist alongside private schools. However, there is surprisingly little research on 'public options' as a general category. Rather, over the last few decades, considerable scholarly and popular efforts to ensure access to important social goods have focused on market subsidies (like vouchers) or privatization – which both face increasing criticism. Uniting scholars from across disciplines, this volume delves into the theory of the public option, explores several important case studies, and shows how public options could be a corrective to the trend toward privatization and subsidies. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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  • Politics, Policy, and Public Options
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  • Politics, Policy, and Public Options - Title page
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  • Copyright page
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  • Contents
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  • Contributors
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  • Acknowledgments
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  • Introduction
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  • 3 - Challenges in Designing Equitable Public Options
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  • 4 - What about Private Options?
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  • 6 - The Irony of Health Care’s Public Option
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  • 7 - Promoting Quality and Equality through Early Education and Care
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  • 8 - Revamping Public Energy
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  • 9 - A Public Option in Banking
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