Dilemmas of the Welfare Mix : The New Structure of Welfare in an Era of Privatization - Ugo Ascoli

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Dilemmas of the Welfare Mix

The New Structure of Welfare in an Era of Privatization

By: Ugo Ascoli (Editor), Costanzo Ranci (Editor)

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Hardcover | 31 August 2002

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The 1990's will be remembered in Europe as the period in which privatization' assumed significant proportions in the field of welfare policies. In an age of crisis for the welfare state and increased demand of care services, there is now a widespread opinion that future welfare systems will see more and more space occupied by private and nonprofit organizations taking the direct responsibility of providing services and meeting the needs of the clients.
A "welfare mix" is emerging as a system in which government, private and nonprofit organizations operate in place of the state monopoly; nonprofit organizations, in particular, have obtained formal recognition as partners of public authorities and professional groups in policy making. An increasing interdependence between state, private and third sector organizations will characterize next years all post-industrial societies. Through research in the field of social care in six European Countries (France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain and the U.K.) the authors highlight the role of nonprofit and commercial organizations in the new "welfare mix systems" and main social and institutional effects of such new order.
This volume in the Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies series is the first attempt to bridge the relevant gap existing between the literature on the welfare state and studies on the nonprofit sector.

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The Context of New Social Policies in Europe	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Two Forms of Privatization	p. 5
The Meaning of Privatization	p. 11
The Dilemmas of the 'Welfare Mix'	p. 17
The Consequences of Privatization	p. 20
Methodology	p. 22
The Mixed Economy of Social Care in Europe	p. 25
The Mixed Economy of Social Care	p. 25
Different Patterns of the Welfare Mix in Social Care	p. 31
Modes of Coordination between the State and the Third Sector with Respect to the Level of Social Care Provision	p. 36
The Role of the Third Sector in Social Care: Beyond Partnership	p. 40
A Contract Culture even in Scandinavia	p. 47
Introduction: From Mutual Trust to Contracting	p. 47
The Historical Relationship between Government and Voluntary Social Service Organizations	p. 49
The 'Contract Culture'	p. 55
The Implementation of Contracts	p. 60
The New Challenge from the Market	p. 67
Conclusions	p. 71
Government, the Third Sector and the Contract Culture: the UK Experience so far	p. 77
Introduction	p. 77
The Changing Relationship	p. 79
The Contract Culture in Social Care	p. 84
Analysis of Current Impact	p. 88
The Third Sector in Welfare Delivery	p. 89
Partner or Agent?	p. 96
The Third Sector in Governance	p. 100
Summary	p. 103
The Future	p. 105
Dilemmas of Public/Private Partnership in France	p. 109
Introduction	p. 109
Historical Background	p. 111
The Functioning Mechanisms of the Welfare Mix	p. 114
The Involvement of Non-profit Organizations in the Definition of Policies	p. 125
The Changing Structure of the Third Sector	p. 127
Conclusion	p. 132
The New Partnership: The Changing Relationship between State and the Third Sector in the Scenario of New Social Policies in Italy	p. 135
Introduction	p. 135
Historical Background	p. 137
The New Scenario of the Welfare Mix in the 1990s	p. 142
The Mechanism of the New Welfare Mix	p. 144
The New Shape of the Third Sector	p. 155
Policy Orientations and Dilemmas for the Future	p. 158
Answers without Questions? The Changing Contract Culture in Germany and the Future of a Mixed Welfare System	p. 165
Introduction: The Challenges Behind Contract Making and the Main Arguments and Observations of the Country Study	p. 165
Peculiarities of the German System of State--Third Sector Interrelations	p. 169
Illustrating Hallmarks of the Changing Contract Culture--Six Case Studies	p. 177
Conclusions	p. 188
Spain: Steps Towards Partnership and Marketization	p. 197
Introduction	p. 197
Historical Legacy	p. 198
Third Sector and Services Provision: Actors, Targets and Resources	p. 200
Heterogeneous Mixing of Advocacy and Services Provision	p. 205
Reforms in Progress: Delegation of Powers or Shared Government?	p. 209
The Effects of Greater Partnership and Markets	p. 212
Conclusions	p. 222
Changes in the Welfare Mix: The European Path	p. 225
The Need for Change	p. 225
Which Policies/Which Measures	p. 228
The Paradoxes of Marketization	p. 233
The Impact on the Welfare Mix Structure	p. 237
Marketization: A Revolution Betrayed	p. 239
References	p. 245
Index	p. 259
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