Privatization in four European countries : comparative studies in government-third sector relationships
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Privatization in four European countries : comparative studies in government-third sector relationships
(Comparative public policy analysis series)
M.E. Sharpe, 1993
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-211) and index
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Description
This book has a dual focus: on how four countries use voluntary non-profit organizations to provide services to the physically, mentally, and sensorially handicapped; and on the changing role of the voluntary, or "third," sector in welfare states. At the same time, it is also a comparative study of privatization in the special sense of using nongovernmental organizations to implement public policy. Most comparative studies of the welfare state have neglected this form of "indirect public administration" because researchers have usually conceived of government as monolithic and consequently overlook the frequent separation of financing from the delivery of public services.
Table of Contents
Tables and Figures, Preface, Introduction, Part I: Four National Case Studies, 1 England: Statutory Alternative, 2 Italy: Toward an Unplanned Partnership, 3 The Netherlands: Institutionalized Privatization, 4 Norway: Integrated Dependency, Part II: Comparative Analyses of Third Sector Voluntary Organizations, 5 Cross-National Sectoral Patterns, 6 Organizational Income Trends, 7 Structure, Governance, and Administration, 8 Interorganizational Relations: Collaboration, Competition, and Interdependencies, 9 The Distinctive Character of Voluntary Organizations, Part III: Summary and Conclusions, 10 Implications for Social Policy in the Welfare State, Bibliography, Index
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