"The four editors and three institutional sponsors of 'Vouchers and the Provision of Public Services' have given us a much needed update of research on this little-known sliver of service delivery.... 'Vouchers and the Provision of Public Services' is intelligently organized, and covers far more topics, including the use of vouchers in other countries, than I can relate here. If readers want to learn the last word on vouchers, this is the book that I would recommend." —Nicholas Henry, Georgia Southern University, Public Administration Review, 5/1/2002|"... collects 17 solicited papers covering the economic, political, and legal aspects of vouchers. Their use in food stamps, housing, child care, job training, education, and health care is examined.... This collection is intended to fill a void in the literature, especially in the textbook treatment of vouchers, an objective it accomplishes admirably.... Contributors clear up some of the misconceptions about vouchers and their uniqueness. An especially timely publication given the general trend in society toward less big governent and more decetralized decision making." —J.F. O'Connell, College of the Holy Cross, Choice, 2/1/2001