Restructuring Welfare Policy by Means of Privatization

• Published in: Acta Sociologica Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 255 - 264
• Main Author: Vettenranta, Jari
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thousand Oaks, CA Universitetsforlaget 01.01.1986; Sage Publications; Munksgaard
• Subjects: Capitalism; Crises; Economic growth; Labor unions; Policymaking; Political Action; Private Sector; Privatization; Public sector; Public services; Public welfare; Research Note; Right and Left; Service contracts; Social and economic security; Social movements; Social policy; Social services; Strategies; Unemployment; Welfare State

This article deals with privatization, combining viewpoints presented both in critical discourses of the welfare state and in the debate on marginalization and the crisis of labour society. Privatization is currently gaining ground in the welfare state. The welfare state, then, is in crisis, whether...