Format:
1 online resource (290 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781107004627
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9781139099615
Series Statement:
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics Series
Content:
Examining a broad range of countries, time periods and policy areas, Gingrich helps readers make sense of the complexity of market reforms in the industrialized world. The use of innovative multi-case studies and in-depth interviews with senior policymakers enriches the debate and brings clarity to this multifaceted topic
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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 -- 2 Markets and politics -- 2.1: 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 DISTRIBUTIVE STRUGGLES MATTER -- 2.4: MARKETS AS A SITE OF DISTRIBUTIVE BATTLES - 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 -- 3 The rise of markets -- 3.1: 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 CONTROL -- Towards 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 -- From Private Power to Consumer-Controlled -- Why these markets? -- 5.4: THE NETHERLANDS - TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM 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 -- 7.I: THE MAIN CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE BOOK -- Markets in public services matter -- Markets vary in profound and important ways -- Partisan politics are central to explaining and shaping markets -- 7.2 DO THE FINDINGS TRAVEL? -- Health care reform -- Health care reform by the Right -- Health care reform by the Left -- 7.3: RETHINKING MARKETS AFTER THE CREDIT CRISIS -- Interviews -- UNITED KINGDOM -- SWEDEN -- NETHERLANDS -- Works cited -- Index -- Other Books in the Series
Additional Edition:
Print version Gingrich, Jane R. Making Markets in the Welfare State Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,c2011 ISBN 9781107004627
Language:
English
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