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Brennan, Deborah; Cass, Bettina; Himmelweit, Susan and Szebehely, Marta
(2012).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0958928712449772
Abstract
The use of markets and market mechanisms to deliver care services is growing in both liberal and social democratic welfare states. This article examines debates and policies concerning the marketisation of eldercare and childcare in Sweden, England and Australia. It shows how market discourses and practices intersect with, reinforce or challenge traditions and existing policies and examines whether care markets deliver user empowerment and greater efficiency. Markets for eldercare and childcare have developed in uneven and context specific ways with varying consequences. Both politics and policy history help to shape market outcomes.
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- Item ORO ID
- 32783
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 1461-7269
- Extra Information
- Special Issue: Care, Markets and Migration in a Globalising World
- Keywords
- marketisation; care markets; eldercare; childcare; choice
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies > Economics
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
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- © 2012 The Authors
- Depositing User
- Susan Himmelweit