06785cam a2200925 i 4500 ocn903436759 OCoLC 20170913122003.0 m o d cr ||||||||||| 150212s2015 enk ob 001 0 eng 2015006138 9781119016472 electronic bk. 1119016479 electronic bk. 9781119016465 electronic bk. 1119016460 electronic bk. 9781119016496 (paperback) 9781119016458 1119016452 1119016495 9781119016496 EB00595912 Recorded Books NZ1 16078533 DEBSZ 453330657 DEBBG BV043617011 GBVCP 863147313 DEBBG BV043397519 (OCoLC)903436759 (OCoLC)899158589 (OCoLC)904961785 (OCoLC)912318637 (OCoLC)961683388 (OCoLC)962626445 C43C6E43-66AA-493F-899D-866771292027 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com DLC eng rda DLC DG1 OCLCF IDEBK E7B RECBK EBLCP YDXCP TEFOD DEBSZ COO DEBBG K6U pcc e------ MAIN HV238 361.0068/4 23 POL019000 bisacsh Contracting-out welfare services : comparing national policy designs for unemployment assistance / edited by Mark Considine and Siobhan O'Sullivan. [electronic resource] Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2015. 1 online resource. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Broadening perspectives on social policy "Originally published as Volume 48, Issue 2 of Social Policy & Administration." Includes bibliographical references and index. Cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; List of Contributors; Introduction; References; 1 Local Worlds of Marketization -- Employment Policies in Germany, Italy and the UK Compared; Introduction; Activation Policies and Marketization; Research Design; Market-based Interventions in Activation Policies in the UK, Germany and Italy; Comparative Discussion; Conclusion; References; 2 Varieties of Market Competition in Public Employment Services -- A Comparison of the Emergence and Evolution of the New System in Australia, the Netherlands and Belgium; Introduction. A Model for Explaining Policy ChangeThe Origin of Market Competition in Australia and The Netherlands; The Evolution of Market Competition in Australia and The Netherlands; Explanation in Comparative Perspective: The Netherlands/Australia; Explanation in Comparative Perspective: The Netherlands/Belgium; Conclusion; References; Acknowledgements; 3 Governance, Boards of Directors and the Impact of Contracting on Not-for-profits Organizations -- An Australian Study; Introduction; Method; Employment Services Reform in Australia; The Role of Boards of Directors. Australian Not-for-Profit Boards' Response to Service ContractingThe Challenges to Not-for-Profit Boards Posed by Competitive Tendering; Conclusion; References; 4 Quasi-markets and the Delivery of Activation -- A Frontline Perspective; Introduction; The Marketized Provision of Activation Services; Research Context; Research Methods; Research Findings; Conclusion and Discussion; References; Acknowledgements; 5 Conditionality and the Financing of Employment Services -- Implications for the Social Divisions of Work and Welfare; Introduction; The Social Divisions of Work and Welfare. The Financing of Contracted Employment ServicesThe Effects of Conditionality of Funding in a Market of Employment Services; Conclusion; References; 6 Support for All in the UK Work Programme? Differential Payments, Same Old Problem; Introduction; The Path to the Work Programme: A Radical Departure from an Established Trend; Creaming, Parking and Differential Payments in the Work Programme; Data and Methods; Differential Payments but Still Differential Outcomes: Rhetoric vs. Reality in the Work Programme; Conclusion; References; Acknowledgements. 7 Broken Hierarchies, Quasi-markets and Supported Networks -- A Governance Experiment in the Second Tier of Germany's Public Employment ServiceIntroduction; Broken Hierarchies: The Structure and Governance of the German Public Employment Service before and after the Hartz Reforms; The Federal Programme Perspective 50plus in the Context of Labour Market and Pension Reforms; Perspective 50plus as a Relatively Successful Programme: Some Stylized Results from the Evaluation; Explaining the Success of the Programme through the Features of its Governance; Discussion; Conclusion; References. "Contracting-out Welfare Services: Comparing National Policy Designs for Unemployment Assistance is an edited collection focused on the design and re-design of welfare-to-work systems around the world"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. Social service Contracting out Europe. Public welfare Europe. Unemployment Europe. Public-private sector cooperation Europe. Public administration Europe. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare. bisacsh Public administration. fast (OCoLC)fst01081976 Public-private sector cooperation. fast (OCoLC)fst01083445 Public welfare. fast (OCoLC)fst01083250 Social service Contracting out. fast (OCoLC)fst01123212 Unemployment. fast (OCoLC)fst01161213 Charities Political aspects. Human services Political aspects. Non-governmental organizations Political aspects. Public welfare Contracting out. Public welfare Political aspects. Welfare recipients Employment. Europe. fast (OCoLC)fst01245064 Electronic books. Electronic books. O'Sullivan, Siobhan, 1974- Considine, Mark, 1953- Social policy & administration. Print version: Contracting-out welfare services Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Madlen, MA : John Wiley & Sons, 2015 9781119016496 (DLC) 2014044073 Broadening perspectives on social policy. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119016458 Wiley Online Library ddc BK 207883 207883