Social Security as a Public Interest: A Multidisciplinary Inquiry into the Foundations of the Regulatory Welfare State

Vonk, Gijsbert

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“…Our study indicates that after extensive writing about the need to transcend the traditional public–private divide (e.g., Vincent‐Jones 2006; Vonk and Tollenaar 2010), this might actually be happening. Norms are applied to private contractors according to functional rather than traditional public–private boundaries (see also Gilad 2011).…”

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confidence: 84%

New Forms of Administrative Law in the Age of Third‐party Government

Benish

Levi‐Faur

2012

Public Administration

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This article explores the democratic values underlying public services when they are outsourced. Building on Rosenbloom and Piotrowski's (2005a, 2005b) framework, we examine whether and how administrative law norms – that serve as central democratic governance and accountability mechanisms in the administrative state – are extended to the new (private) frontline service providers. Through a study of the regulation of the privatized welfare‐to‐work programme in Wisconsin, we find that new forms of administrative law are evolving in third‐party government. These forms differ from administrative law as it usually applies to public agencies in several important aspects. The findings highlight the active role of legislative and administrative mechanisms in the promotion of these new forms of administrative law; and they shed light on the transformations that administrative law norms undergo in the age of third‐party government.

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confidence: 84%

New Forms of Administrative Law in the Age of Third‐party Government

Benish

Levi‐Faur

2012

Public Administration

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“…Today, the term ‘regulatory welfare state’ is often used to indicate government control (Haber ; Levi‐Faur ; Mabbett ). The term encompasses legislation, supervision, contract management and evaluation (Vonk and Tollenaar ). Therefore, the way in which the government succeeds in ensuring the provision of high‐quality services is a significant issue (Hertogh and Westerman ).…”

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“…The challenge is how to construct these mechanisms so that they address the new state functions (Koppell ; Vonk and Tollenaar ). Moreover, developments in the field often leave research far behind.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A growing body of literature deals with the role and rise of regulation in general, but the literature about the regulation of personal social services is less developed. In recent years, several authors have contributed to the corpus on regulation as it relates to welfare (see Haber ; Hervey ; Mabbett ; Vonk and Tollenaar ). Nevertheless, the literature is sparser in this field (for some exceptions, see Goodship et al .…”

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confidence: 99%

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Regulation of Personal Social Services – TheIsraeli Experience

Lahat

Talit

2014

Soc Policy Adm

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The current article explores the aspects of regulatory policy in the field of personal social services. In Israel, the government sets standards, and finances and oversees personal social services, while the services themselves are provided primarily by non-governmental organizations. Based on a qualitative study we examined two questions. First, what characterizes the implementation of regulatory mechanisms in the field of personal social services in Israel? Second, how can we explain the outcomes of regulation in the personal social services in Israel? In a unique approach, we used the institutional analysis and development (IAD) framework to explore the regulatory practices implemented in community residences and hostels for people with intellectual disabilities and in after school programmes. The findings revealed that although there were implementation gaps in both cases, the IAD might improve our understanding of the nature and magnitude of these gaps. Furthermore, the insights gained may have implications for policymakers in their development of regulatory policy.Reform is about building capacity to do the old things in different ways and to discover new things that need doing (Jones and Kettle 2003: 12)

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“…Social security, thus, is the formal assistance provided by the state to its citizens, based on formal employment, and including different social insurance and assistance measures, to make sure that citizens meet their basic needs, such as education, housing and health (Raithelhuber, Sharma, & Schröer, 2018;Sabates-Wheeler, 2009;Shepherd, Marcus, & Barrientos, 2004;Vonk & Tollenaar, 2009).…”

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Social Security as a Public Interest: A Multidisciplinary Inquiry into the Foundations of the Regulatory Welfare State

Cited by 8 publications

References 20 publications

New Forms of Administrative Law in the Age of Third‐party Government

New Forms of Administrative Law in the Age of Third‐party Government

Regulation of Personal Social Services – TheIsraeli Experience

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