Quasi-Markets and Social Policy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   • Julian Le Grand, Will Bartlett

   Pages 1-12

3. The Theory of Quasi-Markets

   • Will Bartlett, Julian Le Grand

   Pages 13-34

4. Quasi-Markets, Contracts and Quality in Health and Social Care: The US Experience

   • Carol Propper

   Pages 35-67

5. Quasi-Markets and the National Health Service Reforms

   • Will Bartlett, Lyn Harrison

   Pages 68-92

6. Quasi-Markets and the Reform of Community Care

   • Lesley Hoyes, Robin Means

   Pages 93-124

7. Quasi-Markets and Educational Reforms

   • Will Bartlett

   Pages 125-153

8. Quasi-Markets and Social Housing

   • Glen Bramley

   Pages 154-182

9. Quasi-Markets and Regulation

   • Carol Propper

   Pages 183-201

10. Quasi-Markets and Social Policy: The Way Forward?

    • Julian Le Grand, Will Bartlett

    Pages 202-220

11. Back Matter

    Pages 221-241

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Fundamental change is taking place in the provision of welfare services in Britain. Government bureaucracies are losing their monopoly in such key areas as health, housing, community care and education. The Government agencies are increasingly acting as purchasers of services or as umbrellas for decentralised units. The command economy is being replaced by the quasi-market economy. This highly topical book assesses whether quasi-markets can deliver efficient and equitable public services and whether they represent a permanent break with the State's traditional role of welfare provider.

• economics
• health
• regulation
• science and technology
• service
• social policy
• welfare

JULIAN LE GRAND is the Richard Titmuss Professor of Health Policy at the London School of Economics, and Professorial Fellow, King's Fund Institute. Previously he was Director of the School of Advanced Urban Studies, University of Bristol. He is a leading authority on the economics of the welfare state. His recent publications include The Economics of Social Problems (with Carol Propper and Ray Robinson) and Equity and Choice.

WILL BARTLETT is a Research Fellow at the School for Advanced Urban Studies, University of Bristol, researching into the role of quasi-markets in the provision of welfare services. He has previously worked at the Universities of Bath and Southampton, and at the European University Institute in Florence.

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