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A revolution in social policy : quasi-market reforms in the 1990s
- Title
- A revolution in social policy : quasi-market reforms in the 1990s / [edited by] Will Bartlett, Jennifer A. Roberts and Julian Le Grand.
- Publication
- Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 1998.
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- Description
- xiii, 341 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- A critical evaluation of the quasi-market revolution in social policy across sectors, examining reforms in competitive tendering, education, health and community care, with information on legal aid, careers services and the media. Based primarily on current empirical research, it highlights issues such as provider contracts, transaction costs and the role of trust in the effective operation of quasi-markets.
- Subject
- Since 1979
- Social policy > Congresses
- Social policy
- Privatisierung
- Sozialpolitik
- Sozialreform
- Wohlfahrtsstaat
- Öffentliche Leistung
- Sociale politiek
- Marktmechanisme
- Verzelfstandiging
- social service
- social reform
- competition
- welfare state
- public service
- bidding
- contracting
- health service
- school
- education
- medical care
- management
- community care
- elder care
- care of people with disabilities
- legal aid
- vocational guidance
- television
- Social policy
- services sociaux
- réforme sociale
- concurrence
- Etat-providence
- services publics
- appel d'offres
- conclusion de contrats
- service de santé
- école
- éducation
- soins médicaux
- gestion
- soins communautaires
- soins aux personnes âgées
- soins aux handicapés
- assistance juridique
- orientation professionnelle
- télévision
- servicios sociales
- reforma social
- competencia
- servicios públicos
- licitación
- contrata
- servicio de salud
- escuela
- educación
- asistencia médica
- administración
- atención comunitaria
- asistencia a las personas de edad avanzada
- cuidado a las personas con discapacidad
- asesoramiento jurídico
- orientación profesional
- televisión
- Estado benefactor
- Great Britain > Social policy > 1979- > Congresses
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- Belgium
- New Zealand
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- USA
- Belgique
- Nouvelle-Zélande
- Etats-Unis
- Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord
- Bélgica
- Nueva Zelandia
- Estados Unidos
- Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte
- Genre/Form
- Congress
- proceedings (reports)
- Conference papers and proceedings
- reference.
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Actes de congrès.
- référence bibliographique.
- referencia.
- Note
- "This book is the product of a series of seminars organised at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol and the London School of Economics between 1994 and 1996"--Acknowledgments.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-323) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : the development of quasi-markets in the 1990s / Will Bartlett, Jennifer A. Roberts and Julian Le Grand -- CCT, conflict and cooperation in local authority quasi-markets / Peter Vincent-Jones and Andrew Harries -- The X-efficiency properties of competitive tendering / Robert McMaster -- Financing of schools : a national or local quasi-market? / Michael Barrow -- Educational quasi-markets : the Belgian experience / Vincent Vandenberghe -- Self-managing schools in the marketplace : the experience of England, the USA and New Zealand / Geoff Whitty, Sally Power and David Halpin -- How providers are chosen in the mixed economy of community care / Russell Mannion and Peter Smith -- Markets, hierarchies and choices in social care / Irvine Lapsley and Sue Llewellyn -- Healthcare quasi-markets in a decentralised system of government / George France -- Purchasing plurality in UK healthcare : is a consensus emerging and is it the right one? / Nicholas Mays and Jennifer Dixon -- Private agencies and public purposes : a quasi-market in the interwar years / Noel Whiteside -- Legal aid : a case study in quasi-market failure / Gwyn Bevan -- Applying market principles to the delivery of careers guidance services : a critical review / A.G. Watts -- Public television quasi-markets in New Zealand and the UK / Diana Barrowclough -- Lessons from experience of quasi-markets in the 1990s / Jennifer A. Roberts, Julian Le Grand and Will Bartlett.
- ISBN
- 1861341113
- 9781861341112
- 1861340605
- 9781861340603
- OCLC
- ocm40420682
- 40420682
- SCSB-8965199
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library