[Download] "New Players Enter the Game: Effects of Marketization of Social Policies." by German Policy Studies * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: New Players Enter the Game: Effects of Marketization of Social Policies.
- Author : German Policy Studies
- Release Date : January 22, 2008
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 274 KB
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1 Introduction The German landscape of social politics is changing. For a long time it was characterized by a stable set of actors and has often been characterized as basically (neo-) corporatist, with the trade unions and employers' associations on the one hand, the big charities on the other being closely tied to governmental institutions and party politics. These actors were together not only embedded in the policy making process, but played active roles in the administration of the social insurance system and in the production and distribution of welfare goods and services. This stable and static setting has become subject to several strains and pressures since the 1980s, due to political, social, and economic processes. As a consequence, we are witnessing an increasing pluralization in this policy field, following from fragmentation of established actors as well as the emergence of new ones, such as commercial providers of welfare goods and services, and lobby groups for those citizens not adequately represented by the established organizations.