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

by Ralph M. Kramer

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781315485713
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/04/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

Analyzes and compares how the governments of England, Italy, the Netherlands, and Norway are increasingly using voluntary nonprofit organizations to provide social services. This "third sector" has different characteristics than government or market organizations, but has been little studied by social scientists as yet. Does not consider the historical role of voluntary organizations in trying to influence public policy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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