Debra Hevenstone

The American Myth of Markets in Social Policy (eBook, PDF)

Ideological Roots of Inequality

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The American Myth of Markets in Social Policy examines how implementing American tropes in policy design inadvertently frustrates policy goals. The book investigates multiple market-oriented designs including funding for private organizations to deliver public services, funding for individuals to buy services, and policies incentivizing or mandating private actors to provide social policy. Hevenstone shows that these solutions often not only fail to achieve social goals, but actively undermine them. The book carefully details the mechanisms through which this occurs, and examines several policies in depth, covering universal social insurance programs like healthcare and pensions, as well as smaller interventions like programs for the homeless.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Seitenzahl: 291
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137436306
• Artikelnr.: 43975931

Autorenporträt

Debra Hevenstone is Senior Researcher at the University of Zurich, Switzerland and the University of Bern, Switzerland.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: THEORY 1. Defining Social Goals: Pragmatism
Empiricism
and the Social Debate 2. Social Policy Design: Market-Oriented Solutions
Rationality
and Federalism PART II: POLICY 3. Labor Markets: Wages
the Employer's Role
and Family Policy 4. Social Insurance: Health
Pensions
and Long-Term Care 5. Targeted Programs: Housing
Homelessness
and Youth Training 6. Social Pressure: Health Behaviors
Bullying
Prejudice
and Discrimination

Rezensionen

"The victory of the Cold War by the US-led West has given more credence to the belief that the market is a magic wand. In this provocative book, Debra Hevenstone attacks this widely accepted but false belief. Drawing on America's extensive experiences and fascination with market-oriented solutions in social policy, Hevenstone shows convincingly that such solutions have not only failed to achieve their stated desirable objectives but also generated undesirable, unintended consequences." - Yu Xie, Professor of Sociology, Princeton University, USA

"In this wise and engagingly written book, Debra Hevenstone uses a mixture of theory, hard social science evidence, cross-national comparisons, and personal anecdotes to puncture many myths about American society and American social policy. Students will find it a pleasure to read, faculty members will find that it sparks lively classroom debates, and experts will find that it speaks uncomfortable truths." - R. Kent Weaver, Georgetown University and the Brookings Institution, USA