The Role of the Public Sector

Bent Greve

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Abstract: At last – a textbook on the public sector for students of social policy, public policy, political science and sociology. This book explains why we have a public sector and what tasks it is expected to perform.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
ISBN: 9781803925608
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 The role of the public sector , pp 1-12

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Ch 2 Allocation, distribution and stabilization , pp 13-22

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Ch 3 Market failure and other reasons for public interventions , pp 23-36

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Ch 4 Size of the public sector , pp 37-45

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Ch 5 Taxation and impact on societies , pp 46-59

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Ch 6 Fiscal policy - what works what does not work , pp 60-68

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Ch 7 Steering of the public sector economy , pp 69-78

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Ch 8 In-cash benefits - the role of the public sector , pp 79-90

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Ch 9 In-kind benefits - the service of the public sector , pp 91-114

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Ch 10 International influence, including the Economic and Monetary Union , pp 115-127

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Ch 11 A social investment perspective on public sector spending , pp 128-140

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Ch 12 Challenges for the public sector - a few concluding remarks , pp 141-147

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