TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Sullivan,Siobhan
AU  - Considine,Mark
TI  - Contracting-out welfare services: comparing national policy designs for unemployment assistance 
T2  - Broadening perspectives on social policy
SN  - 9781119016472
AV  - HV238 
U1  - 361.0068/4 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex, UK, Malden, MA
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Social service
KW  - Contracting out
KW  - Europe
KW  - Public welfare
KW  - Unemployment
KW  - Public-private sector cooperation
KW  - Public administration
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Charities
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Human services
KW  - Non-governmental organizations
KW  - Welfare recipients
KW  - Employment
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - "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
N2  - "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"--
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119016458
ER  -