Captive Populations: Caring for the Young, the Sick, the Imprisoned, and the Elderly

by Marcia Lynn Whicker and Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld

President Bush's 1000 points of light, with its deemphasis on federal services, serves to flame this decades' debate over the effectiveness of public versus private services. Does the private sector provide better services more efficiently than the public sector? Captive Populations examines this debate by comparing for-profit, nonprofit, and government service delivery for dependent populations. Focus is placed on services for captive groups:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275927237
• ISBN13: 9780275927233
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"