Dilemmas of the welfare mix : the new structure of welfare in an era of privatization / edited by Ugo Ascoli and Costanzo Ranci.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ascoli, Ugo, 1949-

Ranci, Costanzo.

Series:

Nonprofit and civil society studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privatization.

European Union countries--Social policy.

European Union countries.

Social policy.

Welfare state--European Union countries.

Welfare state.

Privatization--European Union countries.

Physical Description:

xi, 264 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum, [2002]

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Context of New Social Policies in Europe / Ugo Ascoli, Costanzo Ranci 1

1.2. Two Forms of Privatization 5

1.3. The Meaning of Privatization 11

1.4. The Dilemmas of the 'Welfare Mix' 17

1.5. The Consequences of Privatization 20

1.6. Methodology 22

Chapter 2 The Mixed Economy of Social Care in Europe / Costanzo Ranci 25

2.1. The Mixed Economy of Social Care 25

2.2. Different Patterns of the Welfare Mix in Social Care 31

2.3. Modes of Coordination between the State and the Third Sector with Respect to the Level of Social Care Provision 36

2.4. The Role of the Third Sector in Social Care: Beyond Partnership 40

Chapter 3 A Contract Culture even in Scandinavia / Magne Eikas, Per Selle 47

3.1. Introduction: From Mutual Trust to Contracting 47

3.2. The Historical Relationship between Government and Voluntary Social Service Organizations 49

3.3. The 'Contract Culture' 55

3.4. The Implementation of Contracts 60

3.5. The New Challenge from the Market 67

Chapter 4 Government, the Third Sector and the Contract Culture: the UK Experience so far / Marilyn Taylor 77

4.2. The Changing Relationship 79

4.3. The Contract Culture in Social Care 84

4.4. Analysis of Current Impact 88

4.5. The Third Sector in Welfare Delivery 89

4.6. Partner or Agent? 96

4.7. The Third Sector in Governance 100

4.9. The Future 105

Chapter 5 Dilemmas of Public/Private Partnership in France / Edith Archambault, Judith Boumendil 109

5.2. Historical Background 111

5.3. The Functioning Mechanisms of the Welfare Mix 114

5.4. The Involvement of Non-profit Organizations in the Definition of Policies 125

5.5. The Changing Structure of the Third Sector 127

Chapter 6 The New Partnership: The Changing Relationship between State and the Third Sector in the Scenario of New Social Policies in Italy / Ugo Ascoli, Emmanuele Pavolini, Costanzo Ranci 135

6.2. Historical Background 137

6.3. The New Scenario of the Welfare Mix in the 1990s 142

6.4. The Mechanism of the New Welfare Mix 144

6.5. The New Shape of the Third Sector 155

6.6. Policy Orientations and Dilemmas for the Future 158

Chapter 7 Answers without Questions? The Changing Contract Culture in Germany and the Future of a Mixed Welfare System / Adalbert Evers, Christoph Strunck 165

7.1. Introduction: The Challenges Behind Contract Making and the Main Arguments and Observations of the Country Study 165

7.2. Peculiarities of the German System of State

Third Sector Interrelations 169

7.3. Illustrating Hallmarks of the Changing Contract Culture

Six Case Studies 177

Chapter 8 Spain: Steps Towards Partnership and Marketization / Sebastian Sarasa, Guida Obrador 197

8.2. Historical Legacy 198

8.3. Third Sector and Services Provision: Actors, Targets and Resources 200

8.4. Heterogeneous Mixing of Advocacy and Services Provision 205

8.5. Reforms in Progress: Delegation of Powers or Shared Government? 209

8.6. The Effects of Greater Partnership and Markets 212

Chapter 9 Changes in the Welfare Mix: The European Path / Ugo Ascoli, Costanzo Ranci 225

9.1. The Need for Change 225

9.2. Which Policies/Which Measures 228

9.3. The Paradoxes of Marketization 233

9.4. The Impact on the Welfare Mix Structure 237

9.5. Marketization: A Revolution Betrayed 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-257) and index.

ISBN:

0306467798

OCLC:

49225661