Beyond the market and state : social enterprise and civil democracy in a welfare society / Victor A. Pestoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pestoff, Victor Alexis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social work administration--Sweden.

Social work administration.

Voluntarism.

Social workers--Employment.

Social workers.

Sweden.

Social work administration--Great Britain.

Great Britain.

Public welfare--Sweden.

Public welfare.

Public welfare--Great Britain.

Social workers--Employment--Sweden.

Social workers--Employment--Great Britain.

Voluntarism--Sweden.

Cooperative societies--Sweden.

Cooperative societies.

Welfare state.

Physical Description:

xiii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Ashgate Pub., [1998]

Contents:

1. Social Enterprises and Civil Democracy 1

1.A The Politics of the Welfare State 4

1.B From the Welfare State to a Welfare Society 9

1.C Social Enterprises: the Social Values of Cooperatives and Voluntary Organizations 12

1.D Civil Democracy 22

1.E Plan of the Book 26

Part 1 Theoretical Considerations 31

2. Civil Society, the Third Sector and the Welfare Mix 33

2.A The Concept of Civil Society 33

2.B Social Orders and Associations 38

2.C Shifts in the Welfare Mix 49

3. The Politics of Civil Democracy 55

3.A The Divided Citizen: Various Channels of Influence and Accountability 55

3.B Solidarity and Greater Citizen Participation 62

3.C Consumers, Clients or Citizens as Co-Producers? 69

3.D The Separation of Financing from the Provision of Social Services 76

4. Economic Aspects of Civil Democracy 82

4.A Market Failure, Governmental Failure and Third Sector Social Services 82

4.B Quasi-Markets 85

4.C Exit and Voice in Relation to Goods and Services 87

4.D Beyond Voice: Co-Production 93

5. Control and Multi-Stakeholder Organizations 106

5.A Introduction to Multi-Stakeholder Theory 107

5.B The Logic of Multi-Stakeholder Organizations 109

5.C Multi-Stakeholder Organizations, a Conceptual Model 111

5.D Multi-Stakeholder Cooperatives, Some Examples 116

5.E Membership in Multi-Stakeholder Cooperatives 123

6. Accounting for the Activities of Social Enterprises 128

6.A Performance Evaluation: How and for Whom? 130

6.B Goal Displacement and Voluntary Failure 133

6.C What Type of Accounting: Financial and/or Social? 136

6.D Different Types of Social Accounting 140

6.E The Need for External Social Accounting by Social Enterprises 145

7. Work Environment and Social Enterprises 153

7.A Factors Contributing to Good Psychosocial Work Environment: the Demand/Control Model 154

7.B Additional Dimensions: Social Support, Consumer Contacts, etc. 158

7.C General Developments in Swedish Work Environment and in Day Care Services in the 1990s 161

7.D Conclusions: Social Enterprises Should Provide Good Jobs 166

Part 2 Empirical Aspects 169

8. Social Enterprises and their Work Environment in Sweden 171

8.A The Growth and Development of Social Enterprises Providing Day Care Services in Sweden 171

8.B The Project on Work Environment and Social Enterprises 177

8.C The Parameters of Social Enterprises Providing Day Care Services 179

8.D The Psychosocial Work Environment of Social Enterprises Providing Day Care Services 185

9. Enriching Swedish Women's Work Environment 192

9.A Social Enterprises and Municipal Services 195

9.B Work Life in Social Enterprises Compared with Municipal Day Care Services in General 197

9.C Detailed Comparisons of Work Life in Social Enterprises and Municipal Day Care Services 199

9.D Personal Engagement: At the Start and Now 201

10. Empowering Citizens as Co-Producers 208

10.A The Social Background of Parents to Children in Social Enterprises 210

10.B Parent Involvement, Motives and Satisfaction 212

10.C Comparisons with Municipal Day Care Services 222

11. Vision for a New Millennium? 231

11.A Some Theoretical Reflections 231

11.B Summary of our Empirical Findings 234

11.C Vision for a New Millennium? 246

Exhibit 1 Work Environment and Cooperative Social Services, Project Sample 273

Exhibit 2 Staff Comments to General Comparisons with Municipal Day Care Services 274

Exhibit 3 Staff Comments on their Personal Engagement in the Social Enterprise's Work 278

Exhibit 4 Parent Comments on the Work Obligation and Holding an Elective Office 280

Exhibit 5 Parent Comments on their Relations with the Staff 281

Exhibit 6 Parent Comparisons with Municipal Day Care Services 283.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-272).

ISBN:

1840145757

OCLC:

40839035