Privatization and the Welfare State

Published by Princeton University Press 1989

Privatization and the Welfare State

Edited by: Sheila B. Kamerman and Alfred J. Kahn

Volume 980 in the series Studies from the Project on the Federal Social Role

In the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400860135

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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 in financing, they reveal complexities that have been ignored in recent ideological arguments. This book, while warning about political misuse of privatization, offers an unusually rigorous definition and theory of the concept and presents a number of case studies that show how public and private sectors variously cooperate, compete, or complement one another in social programs--and how various systems have accommodated to the privatization rhetoric that has come to the fore under the Reagan administration.

The contributors are Marc Bendick, Jr., Evelyn Z. Brodkin, Arnold Gurin, Alfred J. Kahn, Sheila B. Kamerman, Michael O'Higgins, Martin Rein Richard Rose, Paul Starr, Mitchell Sviridoff, and Dennis Young.

Originally published in 1989.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
FOREWORD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Privatization in Context Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
PART I. DEFINING PRIVATIZATION
1. The Meaning of Privatization Paul Starr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2. The Social Structure of Institutions: Neither Public nor Private Martin Rein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
3. Welfare: The Public I Private Mix Richard Rose Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
4. Privatizing the Delivery of Social Welfare Services: An Idea to Be Taken Seriously Marc Bendick Jr. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
5. Making Sense of Privatization: What Can We Learn from Economic and Political Analysis? Evelyn Z. Brodkin and Dennis Young Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
PART II. CASE STUDIES
6. Social Welfare and Privatization: The British Experience Michael O'higgins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
7. Governmental Responsibility and Privatization: Examples from Four Social Services Arnold Gurin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
8. The Local Initiatives Support Corporation: A Private Initiative for a Public Problem Mitchell Sviridoff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
9. Child Care and Privatization under Reagan Sheila B. Kamerman and Alfred J. Kahn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Conclusion: Continuing the Discussion and Taking a Stand Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273

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