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New Private Sector Providers in the Welfare State

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Jonas Pieper

    1. Observatory for Sociopolitical Developments in Europe, Institute for Social Work and Social Education, Berlin, Germany

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  • Argues that we should consider the political effects of privatization
  • Contends that welfare industries can rely on power resources that provide them with a privileged access to policy makers
  • Investigates whether welfare industry power can explain the growth of private provision of social policies
  • Demonstrates that existing theories of welfare state change should consider private providers as a new interest group

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Jonas Pieper
    Pages 1-15

  3. Private Sector Provider Power in Welfare State Politics

    • Jonas Pieper
    Pages 17-32

  4. Mapping Private Sector Providers

    • Jonas Pieper
    Pages 33-62

  5. Power Resources of Private Sector Providers

    • Jonas Pieper
    Pages 63-83

  6. Private Sector Providers and Patterns of Privatization

    • Jonas Pieper
    Pages 85-105

  7. Private Sector Providers in Political Processes

    • Jonas Pieper
    Pages 107-138

  8. Conclusion

    • Jonas Pieper
    Pages 139-155

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 157-181
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About this book

This book provides a study of the rise of private sector providers in the welfare state. It compares for-profit firms as providers of hospital services and pensions and investigates the new private actors in social policy provision, whether they become political actors, and the extent of their power in welfare state politics. Focusing on Germany and the UK, the author’s analysis includes, amongst others, the surprising role of private sector firms in the National Health Service and the halting integration of financial sector companies in the German pension system. The book develops a novel measure of power resources with which to capture two dimensions of provider power: instrumental and structural resources. This important book sheds new light on the increasingly dominant role of markets in public policy provision by focusing on the supply side of these markets. Readers will learn about the drivers and contents of social policy reform, the interaction between business and politics andthe politics of privatization. It will appeal to scholars and practitioners with an interest in public policy, comparative politics, welfare state reform and privatization. 





Authors and Affiliations

  • Observatory for Sociopolitical Developments in Europe, Institute for Social Work and Social Education, Berlin, Germany

    Jonas Pieper

About the author

Jonas Pieper is a researcher at the Observatory for Sociopolitical Developments in Europe, based in Germany. He has previously held positions as a policy officer on EU social policy and as a researcher at University of Bremen where he specialized in comparative welfare state studies.



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