The Delegated Welfare State

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.

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.

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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,