Screen LibraryMaking markets in the welfare state：the politics of varying market reforms
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge studies in comparative politics |
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| Carrier Form: | x, 273 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781107004627 (hc.) 1107004624 |
| Index Number: | D57 |
| CLC: |
D57 F036 |
| Call Number: | F036/G492 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-266) and index. 1. Introduction -- 2. Markets and politics -- 3. The rise of markets -- 4. Health care markets -- 5. Education markets -- 6. Markets in elderly care -- 7. Conclusion. "Over the past three decades, market reforms have transformed public services such as education, health and care of the elderly. Whereas previous studies present markets as having similar and largely non-political effects, this book shows that political parties structure markets in diverse ways to achieve distinct political aims. Left-wing attempts to sustain the legitimacy of the welfare state are compared with right-wing wishes to limit the state and empower the private sector. Examining a broad range of countries, time periods and policy areas, Jane Gingrich helps readers make sense of th "In 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States on the promise of radically reforming American government by cutting spending and welfare entitlements and improving conditions for private entrepreneurship. For Reagan, American government was akin to an alligator infested swamp, not only stagnant but dangerous. Thousands of miles away, the Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme, in response to a local government's attempt to privatize a childcare center, took a different stance. Palme argued that the introduction of markets would create "Kentucky Fried Children," the market sta |