A democratic architecture for the welfare state / Victor A. Pestoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pestoff, Victor Alexis.

Contributor:

Louis A. Duhring Fund.

Series:

Routledge studies in the management of voluntary and non-profit organizations ; 11.

Routledge studies in the management of voluntary and non-profit organizations ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welfare state--Europe.

Welfare state.

Public-private sector cooperation.

Europe.

Public-private sector cooperation--Europe.

Europe--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

Europe--Social policy.

Social policy.

Physical Description:

viii, 326 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

Contents:

1 Making citizenship meaningful in the twenty-first century 1

Part I Social economy actors in Scandinavia 21

2 The future of consumer cooperatives in postindustrial societies 23

3 The development and future of the social economy in Sweden 34

Part II Major issues for the third sector and welfare state 51

4 Balancing profit and social goals in public/private partnerships 53

5 Work environment, service quality and the third sector 75

6 Consumer perspectives on the social economy and civil society 114

7 Democratizing medical and healthcare-the Japanese example 137

8 Co-production of welfare services: childcare in eight European countries 155

Part III Revisiting the third sector and state 177

9 Revisiting the third sector and state in democratic theory 179

10 Revisiting the third sector and state in welfare theory 220

11 Hurdles to the third sector and democratization of the welfare state 244

Part IV The politics of participation in European welfare states 271

12 The politics of participation in European welfare states 273.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-322) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

ISBN:

9780415475952

0415475953

9780203888735

0203888731

OCLC:

226304786