Innovation in social services : the public-private mix in service provision, fiscal policy and employment / / edited by Tomás Sirovátka, Bent Greve

• Pubblicazione: Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.94068/4
• Soggetto topico: Social service - Europe; Public-private sector cooperation - Europe
• Soggetto geografico: Europe Social policy
• Persona (resp. second.): SirovátkaTomáš; GreveBent
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Tables, Annexes and Boxes; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Social Services and the Public Sector; 3 Employment in the Health and Social Services: Evidence and Problems; 4 Financing the Welfare States - Changes and Challenges; 5 Social Innovation in Social Services; 6 Factors Shaping Employment in Social Services; 7 The Role of the EU on Welfare States - Focus on Social Services; 8 Governance, Financing and Employment in Social Services in the Czech Republic ; 9 Governance, Financing and Employment in Social Services in Denmark10 Governance, Financing and Employment in Social Services in Germany; 11 Governance, Financing and Employment in Social Services in the United Kingdom; 12 Comparing the National Cases; 13 Conclusions; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Through exploring patterns in the recent development of financing and governance of social services and developments of social services and employment in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany and the UK, this volume provides readers with new knowledge and evidence of the options regarding social innovation in social services. Furthermore, it provides a comparative European comparative perspective on how the interplay between a public and private mix of social service on the one hand might help in creating jobs, and, on the other, be a way of coping with the needs and expectations of higher leve
• Titolo autorizzato: Innovation in social services
• ISBN: 1-315-58864-1; 1-317-11641-0; 1-317-11640-2; 1-4094-6348-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813380603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II