The American Myth of Markets in Social Policy

Ideological Roots of Inequality

Debra Hevenstone (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

291 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-43629-0 (ISBN)

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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.

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

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.9.2015
Zusatzinfo	XI, 291 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-137-43629-8 / 1137436298
ISBN-13	978-1-137-43629-0 / 9781137436290
Zustand	Neuware