| 来源类型 | Article
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| 规范类型 | 评论
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| From the Great Society to Continuous Improvement Government |
| Douglas J. Besharov
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| 发表日期 | 2009
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| 出版年 | 2009
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | In the 1960s, various social programs were started (like Head Start) or dramatically expanded (like AFDC). Loosely, this period of expansion is called the Great Society. Too many Great Society social programs, unfortunately, have been disappointments–at least when compared to the high hopes of the ’60s. Even if they “work,” most of us wish that they worked much better. Some people take such statements to mean that the Great Society’s social programs should be defunded. Most Great Society programs, however, are surely here to stay, for they serve important social functions. How many of us really think there could be an America without a social safety net? It is now time to do the difficult and unglamorous work of systematic program improvement. Instead of testing program efficacy over and over again, we should engage in ongoing and evidence-based efforts to increase program effectiveness (in both large and small ways).
I am delighted to be here today and to have had the opportunity to serve APPAM, an organization I respect and care deeply about. Over the years, I’ve earned a lot from APPAM–from its meetings, from JPAM, and from participating in its governance. So, thank you all very much.
Earlier this week, Barack Hussein Obama was elected president of the United States. But even those who did not vote for Barack Obama should wish him–and our nation–a successful presidency.
In important respects, my talk today is based on my own hopes for Obama’s presidency. With his mandate–and the large Democratic majorities in Congress–President Obama should have the political running room to engage in a candid appraisal of current domestic programs and take steps to improve them–as he promised in the campaign. (You could liken it to Nixon going to China.) And, judging from his campaign team, he should have the talent pool of appointees needed to do so. . . .
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Douglas J. Besharov is the Joseph J. and Violet Jacobs Scholar in Social Welfare Studies at AEI. |
| 主题 | Society and Culture
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| 标签 | Barack Obama
; besharov
; Congressional testimony
; Diversity
; Douglas J. Besharov
; Welfare reform
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| URL | https://www.aei.org/articles/from-the-great-society-to-continuous-improvement-government-2/
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| 来源智库 | American Enterprise Institute (United States)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/246738
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Douglas J. Besharov. From the Great Society to Continuous Improvement Government. 2009.
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