Contents

pp iii-iv

List of tables

pp v-v

Preface

pp vi-vii

Acknowledgements

pp viii-viii

List of abbreviations

pp ix-x

Notes on contributors

pp xi-xiv

one - Introduction: administering welfare reform

pp 1-18

two - Welfare reform as governance reform: the prospects of a governmentality perspective

pp 19-42

Part One - Participants: reforming the agents of welfare delivery

pp 43-44

three - State–third sector partnership frameworks: from administration to participation

pp 45-72

four - Shifts in welfare governance: the state, private and non-profit sectors in four European countries

pp 73-92

five - From charity to ‘not-for-profit’: changes in the role and structure of voluntary social service agencies

pp 93-114

Part Two - Practices: the welfare governance of street-level practices

pp 115-116

six - ‘Ending welfare as we know it’: welfare reform in the US

pp 117-136

seven - The new governance of Australian welfare: street-level contingencies

pp 137-160

eight - The administration of transformation: a case study of implementing welfare reform in the UK

pp 161-182

Part Three - Processes: the changing spaces of welfare governance

pp 183-184

nine - Administering global welfare: public management, governance and the new role of INGOs

pp 185-212

ten - The fight against unemployment as a main concern of European social policy: the implications of a new, local-level approach

pp 213-232

eleven - From government fragmentation to local governance: welfare reforms and lost opportunities in Italy

pp 233-256

twelve - Reforming welfare governance: reflections

pp 257-278

Index

pp 279-287

Also available from The Policy Press

pp 288-290