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1 online resource (290 pages) |
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Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics |
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Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
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Cover; Making Markets in the Welfare State: The Politics of Varying Market Reforms; Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1: INTRODUCTION; 1.2: HOW MARKETS DIFFER; The allocation dimension; The production dimension; Six types of markets; (a) State-driven markets -- Managed Markets and Austerity Markets; (b) Consumer-driven markets -- Consumer-Controlled and Two Tiered markets; (c) Producer-driven markets -- Pork Barrel and Private Power markets; (d) Other forms of markets?; I.3: THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK |
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2 Markets and politics2.1: POLITICAL PARTIES AND DISTRIBUTIVE STRUGGLES AROUND THE WELFARE STATE; 2.2: THE RISE OF MARKETS, THE END OF POLITICS; Two cheers for markets; Markets against politics?; Uniform markets? Uniform causes?; 2.3: MARKETS ARE PATH DEPENDENT -- PAST DISTRIBUTIVESTRUGGLES MATTER; 2.4: MARKETS AS A SITE OF DISTRIBUTIVEBATTLES -- BRINGING PARTIES BACK IN; A theory of constrained partisanship; Markets as diverse instruments of reform; Partisan preferences; Strategies in constrained environments; What about unions and professional associations?; 2.5: CONCLUSION |
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3 The rise of markets3.1: THE EMERGENCE OF MARKETS; 3.2: MARKETS IN PRACTICE; The United Kingdom; The Conservative turn to markets; Labour's use of markets; Sweden; Markets and the Swedish Right; The Left -- the SAP's shift towards markets; The Netherlands; The move to the market on the Right; Markets on the left; Conclusion; 4 Health care markets; 4.1: THE DEBATE OVER MARKETS; The politics of multiple markets; 4.2: ENGLAND -- FROM AUSTERITY TO CHOICE; Towards an Austerity Market; Reshaping the market -- towards a Consumer-Controlled market; Why these changes?; Labour's reforms |
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4.3: SWEDEN -- PATIENT CHOICE AND PRIVATE CONTROLTowards Consumer-Controlled markets; From consumers to producers; Why these markets?; Moderates and markets; 4.4: NETHERLANDS -- A SLOW PATH TO AN AUSTERITY MARKET; Towards the Austerity Market; Why these markets?; Reform in the 2000s: A second move towards Austerity Markets; 4.5 CONCLUSION; 5 Education markets; 5.1: MARKETS IN EDUCATION; The politics of markets; 5.2: ENGLAND -- MORE CHOICE AND CONTRACTING3; The Conservatives and choice; Labour's changes; Why these markets?; Labour's changes; 5.3: SWEDEN -- EMPOWER SCHOOLS AND PARENTS |
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From Private Power to Consumer-ControlledWhy these markets?; 5.4: THE NETHERLANDS -- TOWARDS AND AWAYFROM A TWO TIER MARKET; The path to a Two Tiered market; Why these markets?; 5.5: CONCLUSION; 6 Markets in elderly care; 6.I: MARKETS IN ELDERLY CARE; 6.2: MARKETS IN ENGLAND; Producer-driven markets in care; Labour -- changes around the edges; Why these markets?; Labour's calculations; 6.3: SWEDEN: CHANGES FROM BELOW; Markets in Sweden; Why these markets?; 6.4: THE NETHERLANDS: TO MARKET AND BACK, AND THERE AGAIN; Markets in care; Why these markets?; 6.5: CONCLUSION; 7 Conclusion |
| Summary |
Examining a range of countries, periods and policy areas, provides an original explanation of market reforms in the industrialized world |
| Notes |
7.i: the main contributions of the book |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-266) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Privatization.
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Welfare state.
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Privatization
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
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Privatization
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Welfare state
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Wohlfahrtsstaat
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Privatisierung
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Marktwirtschaft
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Bildungsökonomie
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Sozialpolitik
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Öffentliche Dienstleistung
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Wohlfahrtsstaat.
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Privatisierung.
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Sozialeinrichtung.
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Sozialpolitik.
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Öffentliche Dienstleistung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781139100960 |
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1139100963 |
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1283341859 |
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9781283341851 |
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9781139101622 |
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1139101625 |
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9780511791529 |
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0511791526 |
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9786613341853 |
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6613341851 |
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9781139099615 |
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1139099612 |
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9781139099615 |
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1107695570 |
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9781107695573 |
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