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Looking at the theory and practice of privatization in its broadest manifestations, the contributors to this volume scrutinize the combination of public and private initiatives that makes up the present U.S. social sector. As they discuss privatization both in production and delivery of services and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bendick Jr., Marc (Contribuidor), Brodkin, Evelyn Z. (Contribuidor), Gurin, Arnold (Contribuidor), Kahn, Alfred J. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Kamerman, Sheila B. (Contribuidor, Editor ), O\x27higgins, Michael (Contribuidor), Rein, Martin (Contribuidor), Rose, Richard (Contribuidor), Starr, Paul (Contribuidor), Sviridoff, Mitchell (Contribuidor), Young, Dennis (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Edición:Course Book
Colección:Studies from the Project on the Federal Social Role ; 980
Temas:
Human services > Contracting out > United States.
Privatization > United States.
Welfare state.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction: Privatization in Context
  • PART I. DEFINING PRIVATIZATION
  • 1. The Meaning of Privatization
  • 2. The Social Structure of Institutions: Neither Public nor Private
  • 3. Welfare: The Public I Private Mix
  • 4. Privatizing the Delivery of Social Welfare Services: An Idea to Be Taken Seriously
  • 5. Making Sense of Privatization: What Can We Learn from Economic and Political Analysis?
  • PART II. CASE STUDIES
  • 6. Social Welfare and Privatization: The British Experience
  • 7. Governmental Responsibility and Privatization: Examples from Four Social Services
  • 8. The Local Initiatives Support Corporation: A Private Initiative for a Public Problem
  • 9. Child Care and Privatization under Reagan
  • Conclusion: Continuing the Discussion and Taking a Stand
  • NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
  • INDEX

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