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Title The politics of non-state social welfare / edited by Melani Cammett and Lauren M. MacLean.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014.

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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Mapping social welfare regimes beyond the OECD / Ian Gough -- The political consequences of non-state social welfare : an analytical framework / Melani Cammett and Lauren M. MacLean -- Empowering local communities and enervating the state : foreign oil companies as public good providers in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan / Pauline Jones Luong -- The politics of "contracting out" to the private sector : water and sanitation in Argentina / Alison Post -- Blurring the boundaries : NGOs, the state, and service provision in Kenya / Jennifer N. Brass -- Bridging the local and the global : faith-based organizations as non-state providers in Tanzania / Michael Jennings -- Sectarian politics and social welfare : non-state provision in Lebanon / Melani Cammett -- The politics of informal social networks of community, family and friends in rural Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire / Lauren M. MacLean -- The nayanetas : informal mediators of government services in rural North India / Anirudh Krishna -- Private provision with public funding : the challenges of regulating quasi-markets in Chilean education / Alejandra Mizala and Ben Ross Schneider -- The politics of "spontaneous privatization" in Russia's post-communist health sector / Linda Cook -- State dollars, non-state provision : local nonprofit welfare provision in the United States / Scott Allard.
Summary "Across the world, welfare states are under challenge (or were never developed extensively in the first place) while non-state actors increasingly provide public goods and basic welfare. In many parts of the Middle East and South Asia, sectarian organizations and political parties supply basic services to ordinary people more extensively and effectively than governments. In sub-Saharan Africa, families struggle to pay hospital fees, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) launch welfare programs as states cut subsidies and social programs. Likewise, in parts of Latin America, international and domestic NGOs and, increasingly, private firms are key suppliers of social welfare in both urban and rural communities. Even in the United States, where the welfare state is far more developed, secular NGOs and faith-based organizations are critical components of social safety nets. Despite official entitlements to public welfare, citizens in Russia face increasing out-of-pocket expenses as they are effectively compelled to seek social services through the private market. In The Politics of Non-state Social Welfare, a multidisciplinary group of contributors use survey data analysis, spatial analysis, in-depth interviews, and ethnographic and archival research to explore the fundamental transformation of the relationship between states and citizens"-- Publisher's Web site.
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Subject Charities -- Political aspects.
Charities -- Political aspects.
Charities.
Non-governmental organizations -- Political aspects.
Non-governmental organizations.
Human services -- Political aspects.
Human services -- Political aspects.
Human services.
Public welfare -- Political aspects.
Public welfare -- Political aspects.
Public welfare.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Cammett, Melani Claire, 1969- editor.
MacLean, Lauren M., editor.
Gough, Ian. Mapping social welfare regimes beyond the OECD. Contains (work)
Other Form: Print version: Politics of non-state social welfare 9780801452642 (DLC) 2013043157 (OCoLC)862066468
ISBN 9780801470349 (electronic book)
080147034X (electronic book)
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0801452643
9780801479281
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