welfare mix Flashcards
(14 cards)
titmuss 1950s - 3 dimensions of welfare
statutory - services like healthcare and ed
occupational - job perks like pensions
fiscal welfare - cash transfers and tax relief
fiona williams
encouraging the informal sector can perpetuate gender inequalities, women expected to care; unpaid carers save uk $87 billion a year
johnson 1999
more private sector provision across a whole range of services so role of welfare state is falling
dansom and whittam 2011
huge regional variation in state provision, scotland has higher rate and less outsourcing
hills 2012
state’s role in financing welfare has remained constant and risen slightly:
1997 25% gdp
2007 26% gdp
moran 2002
state regulation has expanded massively esp since 1997, targets in schools and health, ad more league tables
ellison and pierson 2003
welfare state is being reshaped not retrenched - state remains deeply involved
le grand 2003 knights/knaves, pawns/queens
perception shifts of govt employees under thatcher - le grand argues you need pay systems sttructured that are robust to both behaviors
without quasimarkets and choice, users are pawns. as queens the outcome is empowering and efficient and non-degrading, very compatable with social citizenship
hills 2006
new labour focussed on reducing individuals poverty not overall
fiona williams 2001
new labour emphasis on active welfare that encourages paid work via in work tax credits - rights and responsibilities form of citizenship
marquand 2004
state financed but outsourced welfare is no different
outsourcers act as agents of the state, the same,. so much so that charities have to put a ‘business case’ forward to compete
bloom et al 2006
increased competition reduced nhs death rates and produced increased management quality
ea 1999 on outsourced welfare
welfare is based on fundamentally different principles and differs inscope when it is outsourced
allowing people to choose means widely varying services, perpetuates inequality as choice helps middle class
what is the welfare mix?
how and in what proportion 4 sectors play a role in the organisation and delivery of welfare
provision, finance, regulation
state, market, informal, voluntary
