@article{1433684,
      author = {Ledoux, Clémence,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1433684},
      title = {The dynamics of welfare markets : private pensions and  domestic/care services in Europe /},
      abstract = {"This is an important, innovative, intelligent book about  how welfare markets are made and remade in the EU.  Integrating insights from sociological theories of markets  and marketization, the books analytical framework  emphasizes the actions of non-state actors consumers,  employers, firms and workers in welfare market dynamics.  This framework, together with the books methodologically  diverse and empirically rich case studies, offers a strong  foundation and clear agenda for future research on welfare  marketization, wherever it happens." Gabrielle Meagher,  Macquarie University, Australia This volume represents the  beginning of a 'cross pollination' of different social  scientific disciplines, bridging the boundaries between  national and disciplinary epistemic communities in the  worlds of European welfare markets. It maps the common  ground and uncovers new research directions for the future  study of actors, policies and institutions shaping the  growth and dynamics of European welfare markets. The book  defines welfare markets as politically shaped, regulated  and state supported markets that provide social goods and  services through the competitive activities of non-state  actors. The chapters focus on what happens after states  have initiated welfare markets, with equal weight given to  the analysis of the agency of state actors and non-state  actors in the contraction, stabilisation, and disruption of  welfare markets. By focusing the analysis on two cases of  welfare markets, private pensions and home-based  domestic/care work, the contributions explore and compare  the dynamics of different types of markets. The research  will be of use to sociologists and scholars of social  policy interested in the social dimension of welfare  markets, political scientists and political economists, as  well as diverse epistemic communities across the social  sciences},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56623-4},
      recid = {1433684},
      pages = {1 online resource},
}