Chapter objectives The last three decades have seen an increasing privatisation and contracting out of the delivery of public services to voluntary and private sector providers. This has led to a mixed economy of public services which draws on the strengths of different sector providers to deliver more efficient and cost-effective services. This chapter seeks to take a long-term historical view of public service delivery to argue that in fact the mixed economy is a much older concept in public services with the state being a relatively recent addition. It
As the state withdraws from welfare provision, the mixed economy of welfare – involving private, voluntary and informal sectors – has become ever more important. This second edition of Powell’s acclaimed textbook on the subject brings together a wealth of respected contributors. New features of this revised edition include:
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Containing helpful features such as summaries, questions for discussion, further reading suggestions and electronic resources, this will be a valuable introductory resource for students of social policy, social welfare and social work at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
219 Policing and community safety in residential areas ELEVEN Policing and community safety in residential areas: the mixed economy of visible patrols Adam Crawford Introduction A recurring theme of this book is that the control of tenants’ conduct and the policing of social behaviour have been ever-present features of social landlordism from the late Victorian era onwards. Since the 1990s, however, there has been a renewed preoccupation in social housing management with responding to tenants’ anxieties about crime and victimisation and with governing anti
1 Introduction: the mixed economy of welfare and the social division of welfare Martin Powell Overview This chapter introduces the mixed economy of welfare (MEW) and the social division of welfare (SDW). It points out that these have varied over time and space. It outlines the components of the MEW – state, market, voluntary and informal – and of the SDW – statutory, occupational and fiscal. While the MEW has largely been considered from a one-dimensional view (provision), it is vital to move to a three-dimensional view which also considers finance and
10 Conclusion: analyses in the mixed economy of welfare and the social division of welfare Martin Powell Overview This chapter draws together some of the main issues arising from the book. It gives a brief overview of the welfare mix over time and space. It then focuses on the changing welfare mix under the New Labour, Coalition and Conservative governments, the forgotten dimensions of finance and regulation, the importance of a ‘three-dimensional’ mixed economy of welfare (MEW), the links between the MEW and other debates, and the impact of the MEW and
7 National policy developments We now have what government refers to as an ‘extended police family’, in which police officers have been joined by a diversity of community support officers, neighbourhood and street wardens, municipal rangers, private security guards and vigilant citizens. In this context, reassurance policing is increasingly becoming ‘additional’, provided and authorised by a plurality of policing personnel and auspices. In recent years, a number of important policy and legislative developments have shaped the current mixed economy of
2 The mixed economy of welfare in historical context John Stewart Overview In the past, historians had a view of welfare provision, particularly in the 20th century, which we now recognise over-emphasised the role of the state. While state-provided services are, and have been, important, it is now more generally acknowledged that we need to see the broader picture. The family has always been a key provider of welfare and will continue to be so, although the degree to which the state or voluntary agencies have sought to support or intervene in family life
9 The mixed economy of welfare: a comparative perspective Michael Hill Overview This chapter starts with a consideration of the way in which comparative work on social policy involves the exploration of varying mixed economies. It goes on to review policy comparisons in three areas of social policy: income maintenance, health care and social care. Key concepts Regime theory; welfare without the state; new social risks; health care typologies; purchase and provision in social care Introduction Early comparative analysis, where it was not simply atheoretical
Policy and Politics, Vol. II No.3 (1983), 295-312 POLICY ANALYSIS IN MIXED ECONOMY: An Implementation Approach Chris. Hull and Benny Hjern MIXED ECONOMY AND POLICY ANALYSIS 'Mixed economy' is a metaphor frequently invoked to refer to the growing conflation between 'the economic' and 'the political' in modern societies. It is rarely defined with clarity. Some authors argue that it can never be defined concisely or precisely.! Other authors, presumably because they hold the phenomenon to be self-evident, mutely forgo any definition.2 Because clear definition is
99 SIX Towards a mixed economy of social care for older people? Introduction One of the strongest policy themes of successive Conservative governments during the study period was a dislike and a suspicion of the local authority as the dominant provider of welfare services (Means and Smith, 1998b). They were perceived as expensive and unresponsive to the needs of the consumer. Welfare pluralism (Johnson, 1987) or the mixed economy of social care (Wistow et al, 1994) was seen as offering a much more fruitful way forward. Reactions to this perspective were varied
