Restructuring Welfare Organizations in Europe

Providing a new comparative analysis of the changes which have radically questioned the 'old' organizational arrangements of the delivery of welfare services since the early 1980s, this book argues that new managerial accountability regimes severely undermine the democratic foundations of the welfare state in Europe.

List of Tables List of Abbreviations Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: Welfare and Administration: The New Settlement, 1980-2007 The New Administrative Settlement of the Welfare State The Internalisation of Accountability PART II: State Schools and Public Hospitals in Europe Enduring Managerialism in the Internal Governance of Public Hospitals Patterns of Convergence in Educational Accountability in State Schools in Europe PART III: Welfare Democracy and Managerialism Towards the Managerial Welfare State: The Mechanism of a Silent Revolution European Welfare States and Democracy: Marching at the Same Tune? Notes Bibliography Index