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Publications by George E. Peterson on Governance

This booklet provides an overview and summary of the major issues discussed at an October 1998 conference on the use of vouchers in the provision of public services. The conference examined the pros and cons, uses and possible misuses, history, economics and administration, and various issues related to the implementation of vouchers.

This report examines block grants from a variety of perspectives. It looks at trends in federal and state funding levels under block grants, the scale of current block grant proposals, theoretical administrative savings under block granting, principles underlying block grants, and equitable allocation among the states.

This book draws on surveys, interviews, and empirical analyses to show what happened in the nation's cities when federal policy changed during the Reagan administration. It includes discussions of the role of state governments in urban economic development and how the New Federalism can benefit cities.

The authors of this volume identify the practical lessons of the Reagan experiment to encourage greater responsibility for state and local governments to administer block grants, and examine the history of state and local program spending for those programs folded into the Reagan block grants for health and human services.

This book draws on surveys, interviews, and empirical analyses to show what happened in the nation's cities when federal policy changed during the Reagan administration. It includes discussions of the role of state governments in urban economic development and how the New Federalism can benefit cities.