Mapping Private Sector Providers

Pieper, Jonas

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62563-8_3

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“…For example, Farnsworth and Holden (2006) outline a typology of business inputs into social policy, including corporate provision and production of services, institutional participation and political engagement (see also Holden and Lee (2009)). Pieper (2018) presents an index measuring the power of private providers that incorporates both structural and instrumental sources of power. Still, the study of social policy and business power can be improved by examining a third form of business power: institutional power (Busemeyer and Thelen, 2020; see also Farnsworth and Holden, 2006).…”

Section: Structural and Instrumental Business Powermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, as mentioned above, feedback and lock in mechanisms are expected to reinforce business power (Busemeyer and Thelen, 2020). However, it is also possible that business power could fail to grow or even recede, due to institutional constraints, a changing economic environment, organised labour opposition, or changing societal or ideological norms (Hacker and Pierson, 2002; Paster, 2018; Pieper, 2018).…”

Section: Institutional Business Powermentioning

confidence: 99%

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Institutional Business Power: The Case of Ireland’s Private Home Care Providers

Mercille

O'Neill

2022

J. Soc. Pol.

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The marketisation of European home care has given rise to significant private for-profit providers growth. However, little research has focused directly on commercial companies to examine the mechanisms through which they emerge, grow and shape long-term care policy – this is this paper’s task. Drawing on the literature on business power, the recent concept of “institutional business power” is introduced, defined as the power flowing from the entrenched position of business actors in the provision of public social services. The paper identifies the mechanisms through which private providers have grown and assesses the extent of their institutional power by examining their influence on policy and the support they obtain from relevant home care stakeholders. The limits of providers’ institutional power are also discussed. The paper relies on semi-structured interviews with representatives of public, private and non-profit home care providers.

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