A Democratic Architecture for the Welfare State

by Pestoff; Victor

• ISBN13: 9780415475952
• ISBN10: 0415475953
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-11
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book addresses the need for a more democratic architecture for the European welfare state by promoting citizen participation, the third sector and co-production of welfare services.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. x
Making citizenship meaningful in the twenty-first century	p. 1
Social economy actors in Scandinavia	p. 21
The future of consumer cooperatives in postindustrial societies	p. 23
The development and future of the social economy in Sweden	p. 34
Major issues for the third sector and welfare state	p. 51
Balancing profit and social goals in public/private partnerships	p. 53
Work environment, service quality and the third sector	p. 75
Consumer perspectives on the social economy and civil society	p. 114
Democratizing medical and healthcare-the Japanese example	p. 137
Co-production of welfare services: childcare in eight European countries	p. 155
Revisiting the third sector and state	p. 177
Revisiting the third sector and state in democratic theory	p. 179
Revisiting the third sector and state in welfare theory	p. 220
Hurdles to the third sector and democratization of the welfare state	p. 244
The politics of participation in European welfare states	p. 271
The politics of participation in European welfare states	p. 273
Appendix	p. 295
References	p. 305
Index	p. 323
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