Making Markets in the Welfare State: The Politics of Varying Market Reforms

Contents......Page 6
Figures......Page 7
Tables......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
1.1: INTRODUCTION......Page 12
1.2: HOW MARKETS DIFFER......Page 18
The production dimension......Page 21
Six types of markets......Page 23
(a) State-driven markets – Managed Markets and Austerity Markets......Page 24
(b) Consumer-driven markets – Consumer-Controlled and Two Tiered markets......Page 26
(c) Producer-driven markets – Pork Barrel and Private Power markets......Page 28
(d) Other forms of markets?......Page 30
I.3: THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK\n......Page 31
2.1: POLITICAL PARTIES AND DISTRIBUTIVE STRUGGLES AROUND THE WELFARE STATE......Page 35
Two cheers for markets......Page 37
Markets against politics?......Page 39
Uniform markets? Uniform causes?......Page 40
2.3: MARKETS ARE PATH DEPENDENT – PAST DISTRIBUTIVE\nSTRUGGLES MATTER......Page 42
2.4: MARKETS AS A SITE OF DISTRIBUTIVE\nBATTLES – BRINGING PARTIES BACK IN\n......Page 44
A theory of constrained partisanship......Page 46
Markets as diverse instruments of reform......Page 47
Partisan preferences......Page 48
Strategies in constrained environments......Page 50
What about unions and professional associations?......Page 55
2.5: CONCLUSION\n......Page 57
3 The rise of markets......Page 60
3.1: THE EMERGENCE OF MARKETS......Page 61
The Conservative turn to markets......Page 68
Labour’s use of markets......Page 71
Markets and the Swedish Right......Page 74
The Left – the SAP’s shift towards markets......Page 77
The move to the market on the Right......Page 81
Markets on the left......Page 86
Conclusion......Page 89
4 Health care markets......Page 90
4.1: THE DEBATE OVER MARKETS......Page 91
The politics of multiple markets......Page 94
4.2: ENGLAND – FROM AUSTERITY TO CHOICE\n......Page 97
Towards an Austerity Market......Page 98
Reshaping the market – towards a Consumer-Controlled market......Page 101
Why these changes?......Page 104
Labour’s reforms......Page 108
4.3: SWEDEN – PATIENT CHOICE AND PRIVATE CONTROL\n......Page 112
Towards Consumer-Controlled markets......Page 113
From consumers to producers......Page 116
Why these markets?......Page 119
Moderates and markets......Page 123
4.4: NETHERLANDS – A SLOW PATH TO AN AUSTERITY MARKET\n......Page 126
Towards the Austerity Market......Page 127
Why these markets?......Page 133
Reform in the 2000s: A\n second move towards Austerity Markets......Page 137
4.5 CONCLUSION\n......Page 140
5 Education markets......Page 142
5.1: MARKETS IN EDUCATION......Page 143
The politics of markets......Page 145
5.2: ENGLAND – MORE CHOICE AND CONTRACTING3\n......Page 148
The Conservatives and choice......Page 149
Labour’s changes......Page 152
Why these markets?......Page 154
Labour’s changes......Page 158
5.3: SWEDEN – EMPOWER SCHOOLS AND PARENTS\n......Page 162
From Private Power to Consumer-Controlled......Page 163
Why these markets?......Page 168
5.4: THE NETHERLANDS – TOWARDS AND AWAY\nFROM A TWO TIER MARKET\n......Page 173
The path to a Two Tiered market......Page 174
Why these markets?......Page 178
5.5: CONCLUSION\n......Page 184
6 Markets in elderly care......Page 186
6.I: MARKETS IN ELDERLY CARE......Page 187
Producer-driven markets in care......Page 190
Labour – changes around the edges......Page 195
Why these markets?......Page 196
Labour’s calculations......Page 199
6.3: SWEDEN: CHANGES FROM BELOW\n......Page 200
Markets in Sweden......Page 201
Why these markets?......Page 206
Markets in care......Page 212
Why these markets?......Page 215
6.5: CONCLUSION\n......Page 221
Markets in public services matter......Page 223
Markets vary in profound and important ways......Page 225
Partisan politics are central to explaining and shaping markets......Page 227
Health care reform......Page 230
Health care reform by the Right......Page 231
Health care reform by the Left......Page 238
7.3: RETHINKING MARKETS AFTER THE CREDIT CRISIS\n......Page 243
UNITED KINGDOM\n......Page 246
NETHERLANDS\n......Page 247
Works cited......Page 248
Index......Page 278
Other Books in the Series......Page 285