Public and Private Social Policy: Health and Pension Policies in a New Era Book

Introduction Public and private? Daniel Beland Beland, Daniel Brian Gran Gran, Brian 1
1 Balancing acts : trends in the public-private mix in health care Debra Street Street, Debra 15
2 Orienting the public-private mix of pensions Patrik Marier Marier, Patrik Suzanne Skinner Skinner, Suzanne 45
3 Extensive but not inclusive : health care and pensions in the United States Christopher Howard Howard, Christopher Edward D. Berkowitz Berkowitz, Edward D. 70
4 The Canada paradox : the public-private divide in health insurance and pensions Gerard W. Boychuk Boychuk, Gerard W. Keith G. Banting Banting, Keith G. 92
5 New Zealand : the expansion of the state in a liberal welfare regime Toni Ashton Ashton, Toni Susan St. John St. John, Susan 123
6 Much noise, little progress : the UK experience of privatization Peter Taylor-Gooby Taylor-Gooby, Peter Lavinia Mitton Mitton, Lavinia 147
7 Sweden : markets within politics Karen M. Anderson Anderson, Karen M. Paula Blomqvist Blomqvist, Paula Ellen M. Immergut Immergut, Ellen M. 169
8 Germany : the public-private dichotomy in the Bismarckian welfare regime Sven Jochem Jochem, Sven 190
9 The Swiss welfare state : a changing public-private mix? Fabio Bertozzi Bertozzi, Fabio Fabrizio Gilardi Gilardi, Fabrizio 207
10 The Japanese familial welfare mix at a crossroads Toshimitsu Shinkawa Shinkawa, Toshimitsu 228
11 New political legacies and the politics of health and pension re-reforms in Chile Christina Ewig Ewig, Christina Stephen J. Kay Kay, Stephen J. 249 Conclusion Revisiting the public-private dichotomy Brian Gran Gran, Brian Daniel Beland Beland, Daniel 269 Index 283