{"product_id":"contractingout-welfare-services-9781119016496","title":"Contractingout Welfare Services","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContracting-out Welfare Services\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the design and overhaul of welfare-to-work systems around the world in the light of the radical re-design of the welfare system; internationally based authors utilise a national\/program case study, considering employment services policy and activation practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eInternational contributors bring a global comparative perspective to the subject\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributors are all experts in their field, who also draw on a much longer intellectual legacy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses employment services as a case study to advance understanding in relation to a host of broader principles and concepts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach paper included within the text uses a national\/program case study, and each considers employment services policy in general, and activation practices in particular\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Contracting]out Welfare Services: Comparing National Policy Designs for Unemployment Assistance 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Considine and Siobhan O’Sullivan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Local Worlds of Marketization – Employment Policies in Germany, Italy and the UK Compared 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatharina Zimmermann, Patrizia Aurich, Paolo R. Graziano and Vanesa Fuertes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 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 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLudo Struyven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Governance, Boards of Directors and the Impact of Contracting on Not-for-profits Organizations – An Australian Study 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Considine, Siobhan O’Sullivan and Phuc Nguyen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Quasi-markets and the Delivery of Activation – A Frontline Perspective 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRik van Berkel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Conditionality and the Financing of Employment Services – Implications for the Social Divisions of Work and Welfare 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsabel Shutes and Rebecca Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Support for All in the UK Work Programme? Differential Payments, Same Old Problem 109\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Rees, Adam Whitworth and Elle Carter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Broken Hierarchies, Quasi-markets and Supported Networks – A Governance Experiment in the Second Tier of Germany’s Public Employment Service 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthias Knuth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Public Accountability of Privatized Activation – The Case of Israel 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAvishai Benish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 167\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528843927895,"sku":"9781119016496","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119016496.jpg?v=1731873245","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contractingout-welfare-services-9781119016496","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}