Making markets in the welfare state : the politics of varying market reforms

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Cover ; Making Markets in the Welfare State: The Politics of Varying Market Reforms; Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction ; 1.1: INTRODUCTION ; 1.2: HOW MARKETS DIFFER; The allocation dimension; The production dimension; Six types of markets; (a) State-driven markets - Managed Markets and Austerity Markets ; (b) Consumer-driven markets - Consumer-Controlled and Two Tiered markets ; (c) Producer-driven markets - Pork Barrel and Private Power markets ; (d) Other forms of markets? ; I.3: THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK

2 Markets and politics 2.1: POLITICAL PARTIES AND DISTRIBUTIVE STRUGGLES AROUND THE WELFARE STATE; 2.2: THE RISE OF MARKETS, THE END OF POLITICS; Two cheers for markets; Markets against politics?; Uniform markets? Uniform causes?; 2.3: MARKETS ARE PATH DEPENDENT - PAST DISTRIBUTIVESTRUGGLES MATTER; 2.4: MARKETS AS A SITE OF DISTRIBUTIVEBATTLES - BRINGING PARTIES BACK IN; A theory of constrained partisanship; Markets as diverse instruments of reform; Partisan preferences; Strategies in constrained environments; What about unions and professional associations?; 2.5: CONCLUSION

3 The rise of markets 3.1: THE EMERGENCE OF MARKETS; 3.2: MARKETS IN PRACTICE; The United Kingdom; The Conservative turn to markets; Labour's use of markets; Sweden; Markets and the Swedish Right; The Left - the SAP's shift towards markets; The Netherlands; The move to the market on the Right; Markets on the left; Conclusion; 4 Health care markets ; 4.1: THE DEBATE OVER MARKETS; The politics of multiple markets; 4.2: ENGLAND - FROM AUSTERITY TO CHOICE; Towards an Austerity Market; Reshaping the market - towards a Consumer-Controlled market; Why these changes?; Labour's reforms

4.3: SWEDEN - PATIENT CHOICE AND PRIVATE CONTROLTowards Consumer-Controlled markets; From consumers to producers; Why these markets?; Moderates and markets; 4.4: NETHERLANDS - A SLOW PATH TO AN AUSTERITY MARKET; Towards the Austerity Market; Why these markets?; Reform in the 2000s: A second move towards Austerity Markets; 4.5 CONCLUSION; 5 Education markets ; 5.1: MARKETS IN EDUCATION ; The politics of markets; 5.2: ENGLAND - MORE CHOICE AND CONTRACTING3; The Conservatives and choice; Labour's changes; Why these markets?; Labour's changes; 5.3: SWEDEN - EMPOWER SCHOOLS AND PARENTS

From Private Power to Consumer-ControlledWhy these markets?; 5.4: THE NETHERLANDS - TOWARDS AND AWAYFROM A TWO TIER MARKET; The path to a Two Tiered market; Why these markets?; 5.5: CONCLUSION; 6 Markets in elderly care ; 6.I: MARKETS IN ELDERLY CARE ; 6.2: MARKETS IN ENGLAND; Producer-driven markets in care; Labour - changes around the edges; Why these markets?; Labour's calculations; 6.3: SWEDEN: CHANGES FROM BELOW; Markets in Sweden; Why these markets?; 6.4: THE NETHERLANDS: TO MARKET AND BACK,AND THERE AGAIN; Markets in care; Why these markets?; 6.5: CONCLUSION; 7 Conclusion

7.I: THE MAIN CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE BOOK

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