A democratic architecture for the welfare state
Victor A. Pestoff
- London : New York : Routledge, c2016.
- viii, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Routledge studies in the management of voluntary and non-profit organizations .
1. Making Citizenship Meaningful in the 21st Century Part I: Social Economy Actors 2. The Future of Cooperatives in Post-Industrial Societies 3. The Development and Future of the Social Economy in Sweden Part II: Major Issues for the Welfare State 4. Balancing Profit and Social Goals in Public/Private Partnerships 5. Work Environment, Service Quality & the Third Sector 6. Consumer Perspectives on the Social Economy and Civil Society 7. Democratizing Medical & Health Care - the Japanese Example 8. Co-Production of Welfare Services: Childcare in Eight European Countries Part: III Revisiting the Third Sector and State 9. Revisiting the Third Sector and State in Democratic Theory 10. Revisiting the Third Sector and State in Welfare Theory 11. Hurdles to the Third Sector & Democratization of the Welfare State Part IV The Politics of Participation in European Welfare States 12. The Politics of Participation in European Welfare States
This book addresses the need for a more democratic architecture for the European welfare state by promoting citizen participation, the third sector and co-production of welfare services.