Social Service, Private Gain: The Political Economy of Social Impact Bonds

Author:   Jesse Hajer ,  John Loxley
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
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Pages:   424
Publication Date:   17 June 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jesse Hajer ,  John Loxley
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9781487503284


ISBN 10:   1487503288
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   17 June 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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"""This book is a serious advance in state-of-the-art research on Social Impact Bonds because of its global focus and critical theoretical perspective. The authors find SIBs do not deliver on their three claims of increasing resources, promoting more efficient and better quality programs, and expanding the social service sector. The 'altruistic' nature of some SIB investors does not improve upon the problems generally found with information and power asymmetries in government contracting."" --Mildred E. Warner, Professor of City and Regional Planning and Global Development, Cornell University ""Social Impact Bonds are one of the latest instantiations of financial innovation and for more than a decade evangelists have been extolling their virtues. Jesse Hajer and John Loxley's comprehensive and systematic assessment of the evidence provides an important and long-overdue corrective."" --David Harvie, Centre for Philosophy and Political Economy, University of Leicester"


Social Impact Bonds are one of the latest instantiations of financial innovation and for more than a decade evangelists have been extolling their virtues. Jesse Hajer and John Loxley's comprehensive and systematic assessment of the evidence provides an important and long-overdue corrective. - David Harvie, Centre for Philosophy and Political Economy, University of Leicester This book is a serious advance in state-of-the-art research on Social Impact Bonds because of its global focus and critical theoretical perspective. The authors find SIBs do not deliver on their three claims of increasing resources, promoting more efficient and better quality programs, and expanding the social service sector. The 'altruistic' nature of some SIB investors does not improve upon the problems generally found with information and power asymmetries in government contracting. - Mildred E. Warner, Professor of City and Regional Planning and Global Development, Cornell University


"""This book is a serious advance in state-of-the-art research on Social Impact Bonds because of its global focus and critical theoretical perspective. The authors find SIBs do not deliver on their three claims of increasing resources, promoting more efficient and better quality programs, and expanding the social service sector. The 'altruistic' nature of some SIB investors does not improve upon the problems generally found with information and power asymmetries in government contracting.""--Mildred E. Warner, Professor of City and Regional Planning and Global Development, Cornell University ""Social Impact Bonds are one of the latest instantiations of financial innovation and for more than a decade evangelists have been extolling their virtues. Jesse Hajer and John Loxley's comprehensive and systematic assessment of the evidence provides an important and long-overdue corrective.""--David Harvie, Centre for Philosophy and Political Economy, University of Leicester"


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Jesse Hajer is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics and Labour Studies program at the University of Manitoba. John Loxley was a professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Manitoba and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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