Privatisation and the Welfare State

Herausgeber: Le Grand, Julian; Robinson, Ray

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1984, Privatisation and the Welfare State brings together a distinguished set of experts on the Welfare State and its main policy areas of health care, housing, education and transport.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9781138603561
• ISBN-10: 1138603562
• Artikelnr.: 69945861

Autorenporträt

Sir Julian Ernest Michael Le Grand, FBA is an academic specialising in public policy. He is the Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and was a senior policy advisor to former Prime Minister Tony Blair

Inhaltsangabe

About the Contributions Preface 1. Privatisation and the Welfare State: An
Introduction Part I: General Principles and Strategies 2. The Political
Economy of Privatisation 3. The Progressive Potential of Privatisation 4.
Is Privatisation Inevitable? 5. Voluntary Organisations and the Welfare
State Part II: Policy Issues 6. Privatisation and the National Health
Service 7. Private Health Insurance 8. Privatisation and Housing 9. The
Demise of Public Housing? 10. Privatisation of Education 11. Educational
Vouchers - It All Depends on What you Mean 12. The Allocation of Urban
Public Transport Subsidy 13. Subsidies to Urban Public Transport and
Privatisation References Index