Public and private social policy: health and pension policies in a new era

Exploring the increasing involvement of the private sector in social policy, this collection examines the complex relationship between the public and private sectors from an international perspective, focusing on health and pension policies. ÍNDICE: Introduction: Public and Private?; D. BC)land and B. Gran - Balancing Acts: Trends in the Public-Private Mix in Health Care; D. Street - Orienting the Public-Private Mix of Pensions; P. Marier and S. Skinner - Extensive but Not Inclusive: Health Care and Pensions in the United States; C. Howard and E. Berkowitz - The Canadian Paradox: The Public-Private Divide in Health Insurance Pensions; G. Boychuk and K. Banting - New Zealand: The Expansion of the State in a Liberal Welfare Regime;T. Ashton and S. John - Much Noise, Little Progress: The UK Experience of Privatization; P. Taylor-Gooby and L. Mitton - Sweden: Markets Within Politics; K. Anderson, P. Blomqvist and E. Immergut - Germany: The Public-Private Dichotomy in the Bismarckian Welfare Regime; S. Jochem - The Swiss Welfare State: A Changing Public-Private Mix?; F. Bertozzi and F. Gilardi - The Japanese Familial Welfare Mix at a Crossroads; T. Shinkawa - New Political Legacies and the Politics of Health and Pension Re-reforms in Chile; C. Ewig and S. Kay - Conclusion: Revisiting the Public-Private Dichotomy; D. BC)land and B. Gran -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-52733-1
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 17/10/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés