New Private Sector Providers in the Welfare State
This book provides a study of the rise of private sector providers in the welfare state. It compares for-profit firms as providers of hospital services and pensions and investigates the new private actors in social policy provision, whether they become po
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Jonas Pieper
New Private Sector Providers in the Welfare State
Jonas Pieper
New Private Sector Providers in the Welfare State
Jonas Pieper Observatory for Sociopolitical Developments in Europe Institute for Social Work and Social Education Berlin, Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-62562-1 ISBN 978-3-319-62563-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-62563-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017949417 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations Cover illustration: © naqiewei/Getty Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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Acknowledgements
This book is based on my PhD thesis, and first of all, I would like to thank the members of my dissertation committee. My gratitude goes to Frank Nullmeier, whose ideas have inspired me to choose private providers of social policy as my dissertation topic. Frank has been a source of creativity whenever we discussed how exactly a study of this new type of actor could look like. Many thanks also go to Herbert Obinger, whose knowledge in comparative politics and privatization research has been a big help. Waltraud Schelkle joined the committee as the last of three members, but she very soon left a mark on the project. I wrote most parts of this book while being a PhD fellow at the Bremen International Graduate School of Sciences (BIGSSS). BIGSSS has been a very good place in many respects, and I want to thank those who guarantee the smooth running of it, from academic staff to administration to IT. The strongest memories of my time at BIGSSS are of the many interesting and lovely people I met of whom some became friends. Also other institution
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