Fördergeber: DAAD, Laufzeit: April 2012 – Dezember 2013.
Quasi-markets and managerial steering techniques have spread in the provision of welfare state services and are now a salient feature. The introduction and impact of marketization and managerialism in social policy have been explored by adopting a dual perspective – one on regulation and governance, the other on human resources – covering five fields of social service delivery: education, tertiary education, social care, health care, labour market services.
Welfare governance (for example welfare mix, regulation, employment conditions and customer involvement) has changed significantly in the past decade. In particular, the new governance models not only clash with traditional ideas of bureaucratic regulation but also with the norms and standards of professional service delivery. The fact that the labor force in welfare organizations is made up of ‘professionals’ implies that the introduction of new modes of welfare governance often results in organizational conflicts. These processes have been assessed not only by comparing different policy fields and countries, but also by taking a close look inside organizations, examining the coping strategies of professionals, and how they adapt to new models of governing welfare organizations.
The project has been funded by the DAAD; project leader: Klenk, Tanja & Emmanule Pavolini (University of Macerata, Italy)
Project publication: Klenk, Tanja/ Pavolini, Emmanuele (eds.) (2015): Restructuring Welfare Governance. Marketisation, Managerialism and Welfare State Professionalism. Cheltenham Glos: Edward Elgar. http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/restructuring-welfare-governance
Letzte Änderung: 31. Juli 2024