Contracting-out welfare services : comparing national policy designs for unemployment assistance /
Contracting-out welfare services : comparing national policy designs for unemployment assistance /
edited by Mark Considine and Siobhan O'Sullivan.
- 1 online resource.
- Broadening perspectives on social policy .
- Broadening perspectives on social policy. .
"Originally published as Volume 48, Issue 2 of Social Policy & Administration."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; List of Contributors; Introduction; References; 1 Local Worlds of Marketization -- Employment Policies in Germany, Italy and the UK Compared; Introduction; Activation Policies and Marketization; Research Design; Market-based Interventions in Activation Policies in the UK, Germany and Italy; Comparative Discussion; Conclusion; References; 2 Varieties of Market Competition in Public Employment Services -- A Comparison of the Emergence and Evolution of the New System in Australia, the Netherlands and Belgium; Introduction. A Model for Explaining Policy ChangeThe Origin of Market Competition in Australia and The Netherlands; The Evolution of Market Competition in Australia and The Netherlands; Explanation in Comparative Perspective: The Netherlands/Australia; Explanation in Comparative Perspective: The Netherlands/Belgium; Conclusion; References; Acknowledgements; 3 Governance, Boards of Directors and the Impact of Contracting on Not-for-profits Organizations -- An Australian Study; Introduction; Method; Employment Services Reform in Australia; The Role of Boards of Directors. Australian Not-for-Profit Boards' Response to Service ContractingThe Challenges to Not-for-Profit Boards Posed by Competitive Tendering; Conclusion; References; 4 Quasi-markets and the Delivery of Activation -- A Frontline Perspective; Introduction; The Marketized Provision of Activation Services; Research Context; Research Methods; Research Findings; Conclusion and Discussion; References; Acknowledgements; 5 Conditionality and the Financing of Employment Services -- Implications for the Social Divisions of Work and Welfare; Introduction; The Social Divisions of Work and Welfare. The Financing of Contracted Employment ServicesThe Effects of Conditionality of Funding in a Market of Employment Services; Conclusion; References; 6 Support for All in the UK Work Programme? Differential Payments, Same Old Problem; Introduction; The Path to the Work Programme: A Radical Departure from an Established Trend; Creaming, Parking and Differential Payments in the Work Programme; Data and Methods; Differential Payments but Still Differential Outcomes: Rhetoric vs. Reality in the Work Programme; Conclusion; References; Acknowledgements. 7 Broken Hierarchies, Quasi-markets and Supported Networks -- A Governance Experiment in the Second Tier of Germany's Public Employment ServiceIntroduction; Broken Hierarchies: The Structure and Governance of the German Public Employment Service before and after the Hartz Reforms; The Federal Programme Perspective 50plus in the Context of Labour Market and Pension Reforms; Perspective 50plus as a Relatively Successful Programme: Some Stylized Results from the Evaluation; Explaining the Success of the Programme through the Features of its Governance; Discussion; Conclusion; References.
"Contracting-out Welfare Services: Comparing National Policy Designs for Unemployment Assistance is an edited collection focused on the design and re-design of welfare-to-work systems around the world"--
9781119016472 1119016479 9781119016465 1119016460 1119016495 9781119016496
EB00595912 Recorded Books
C43C6E43-66AA-493F-899D-866771292027 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2015006138
Social service--Contracting out--Europe.
Public welfare--Europe.
Unemployment--Europe.
Public-private sector cooperation--Europe.
Public administration--Europe.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare.
Public administration.
Public-private sector cooperation.
Public welfare.
Social service--Contracting out.
Unemployment.
Charities--Political aspects.
Human services--Political aspects.
Non-governmental organizations--Political aspects.
Public welfare--Contracting out.
Public welfare--Political aspects.
Welfare recipients--Employment.
Europe.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HV238
361.0068/4
"Originally published as Volume 48, Issue 2 of Social Policy & Administration."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; List of Contributors; Introduction; References; 1 Local Worlds of Marketization -- Employment Policies in Germany, Italy and the UK Compared; Introduction; Activation Policies and Marketization; Research Design; Market-based Interventions in Activation Policies in the UK, Germany and Italy; Comparative Discussion; Conclusion; References; 2 Varieties of Market Competition in Public Employment Services -- A Comparison of the Emergence and Evolution of the New System in Australia, the Netherlands and Belgium; Introduction. A Model for Explaining Policy ChangeThe Origin of Market Competition in Australia and The Netherlands; The Evolution of Market Competition in Australia and The Netherlands; Explanation in Comparative Perspective: The Netherlands/Australia; Explanation in Comparative Perspective: The Netherlands/Belgium; Conclusion; References; Acknowledgements; 3 Governance, Boards of Directors and the Impact of Contracting on Not-for-profits Organizations -- An Australian Study; Introduction; Method; Employment Services Reform in Australia; The Role of Boards of Directors. Australian Not-for-Profit Boards' Response to Service ContractingThe Challenges to Not-for-Profit Boards Posed by Competitive Tendering; Conclusion; References; 4 Quasi-markets and the Delivery of Activation -- A Frontline Perspective; Introduction; The Marketized Provision of Activation Services; Research Context; Research Methods; Research Findings; Conclusion and Discussion; References; Acknowledgements; 5 Conditionality and the Financing of Employment Services -- Implications for the Social Divisions of Work and Welfare; Introduction; The Social Divisions of Work and Welfare. The Financing of Contracted Employment ServicesThe Effects of Conditionality of Funding in a Market of Employment Services; Conclusion; References; 6 Support for All in the UK Work Programme? Differential Payments, Same Old Problem; Introduction; The Path to the Work Programme: A Radical Departure from an Established Trend; Creaming, Parking and Differential Payments in the Work Programme; Data and Methods; Differential Payments but Still Differential Outcomes: Rhetoric vs. Reality in the Work Programme; Conclusion; References; Acknowledgements. 7 Broken Hierarchies, Quasi-markets and Supported Networks -- A Governance Experiment in the Second Tier of Germany's Public Employment ServiceIntroduction; Broken Hierarchies: The Structure and Governance of the German Public Employment Service before and after the Hartz Reforms; The Federal Programme Perspective 50plus in the Context of Labour Market and Pension Reforms; Perspective 50plus as a Relatively Successful Programme: Some Stylized Results from the Evaluation; Explaining the Success of the Programme through the Features of its Governance; Discussion; Conclusion; References.
"Contracting-out Welfare Services: Comparing National Policy Designs for Unemployment Assistance is an edited collection focused on the design and re-design of welfare-to-work systems around the world"--
9781119016472 1119016479 9781119016465 1119016460 1119016495 9781119016496
EB00595912 Recorded Books
C43C6E43-66AA-493F-899D-866771292027 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2015006138
Social service--Contracting out--Europe.
Public welfare--Europe.
Unemployment--Europe.
Public-private sector cooperation--Europe.
Public administration--Europe.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare.
Public administration.
Public-private sector cooperation.
Public welfare.
Social service--Contracting out.
Unemployment.
Charities--Political aspects.
Human services--Political aspects.
Non-governmental organizations--Political aspects.
Public welfare--Contracting out.
Public welfare--Political aspects.
Welfare recipients--Employment.
Europe.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HV238
361.0068/4