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Captive Populations: Caring for the Young, the Sick, the Imprisoned, and the Elderly
Captive Populations Caring for the Young the Sick the Imprisoned and the Elderly Author:Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, Marcia Lynn Whicker President Bush's "1000 points of light," with its deemphasis on federal services flames this decade's 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... more » service delivery for four dependent population groups. Focus is placed on services provided to these groups: education and child care, health-care systems, criminal justice services, and long-term care for the elderly.« less