Privatization in Four European Countries: Comparative Studies in Government - Third Sector Relationships

Comparative Studies in Government - Third Sector Relationships
1. Auflage 1993
ISBN: 978-1-56324-132-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

This book has a dual focus: on how four countries use voluntary non-profit organizations to provide services to the physically, mentally, and sensorially handicapped; and on the changing role of the voluntary, or "third," sector in welfare states. At the same time, it is also a comparative study of privatization in the special sense of using nongovernmental organizations to implement public policy. Most comparative studies of the welfare state have neglected this form of "indirect public administration" because researchers have usually conceived of government as monolithic and consequently overlook the frequent separation of financing from the delivery of public services.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kramer, Ralph M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Tables and Figures, Preface, Introduction, Part I: Four National Case Studies, 1 England: Statutory Alternative, 2 Italy: Toward an Unplanned Partnership, 3 The Netherlands: Institutionalized Privatization, 4 Norway: Integrated Dependency, Part II: Comparative Analyses of Third Sector Voluntary Organizations, 5 Cross-National Sectoral Patterns, 6 Organizational Income Trends, 7 Structure, Governance, and Administration, 8 Interorganizational Relations: Collaboration, Competition, and Interdependencies, 9 The Distinctive Character of Voluntary Organizations, Part III: Summary and Conclusions, 10 Implications for Social Policy in the Welfare State, Bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ralph M. Kramer, Hakon Lorentzen, Willem B. Melief, Sergio Pasquinelli