Restructuring Welfare Governance: Marketization, Managerialism and Welfare State Professionalism

Tanja Klenk

ISBN 10: 1783475765 / ISBN 13: 9781783475766

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015

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Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen. This innovative book explores the introduction and impact of marketization and managerialism in social policy by adopting a dual perspective, considering both governance and human resources. Welfare governance (e.g. welfare mix, regulation, employment conditions, customer involvement) has changed significantly in the past decade. The editors and contributors collectively assesses these processes not only by comparing different policy fields and countries, but also by taking a close look inside organizations, examining the coping strategies of professionals, and how they adapt to new models of governing welfare organizations.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Restructuring Welfare Governance: Marketization, Managerialism and Welfare State Professionalism
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783475765
• ISBN 13: 9781783475766
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Political Science & Politics

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Synopsis

Quasi-markets and managerial steering techniques have spread in the provision of welfare state services and are now a salient feature. This innovative book explores the introduction and impact of marketization and managerialism in social policy by adopting a dual perspective - one on regulation and governance, the other on human resources - covering five fields of social service delivery.

Welfare governance (for example, welfare mix, regulation, employment conditions and customer involvement) has changed significantly in the past decade. In particular, the new governance models not only clash with traditional ideas of bureaucratic regulation but also with the norms and standards of professional service delivery. The fact that the labor force in welfare organizations is made up of 'professionals' implies that the introduction of new modes of welfare governance often results in organizational conflicts. The editors and contributors collectively assesses these processes not only by comparing different policy fields and countries, but also by taking a close look inside organizations, examining the coping strategies of professionals, and how they adapt to new models of governing welfare organizations.

An ideal compliment to undergraduate and postgraduate study, Restructuring Welfare Governance is essential reading for scholars in the fields of social policy, public administration and comparative welfare state analysis.

Contributors: K. Baadsgaard, V. Burau, F.A. Ceravolo, B. Jantz, H. Jørgensen, T. Klenk, E. Kuhlmann, R. Moscati, M. Noordegraaf, I. Nørup, E. Pavolini, T. Peetz, M. Rostan, U. Schimank, A. Stanchi, C. Teelken, H. Theobald, M. Thunnissen, M. Turri

About the Author

Edited by Tanja Klenk, Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy, Department of Economics And Social Sciences, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Helmut-Schmidt-University, Germany and Emmanuele Pavolini, University of Milan, Italy