TY - BOOK ID - 77923250 TI - Innovation in social services : the public-private mix in service provision, fiscal policy and employment AU - Sirovátka, Tomás AU - Greve, Bent PY - 2014 SN - 1317116410 1317116402 1409463486 9781409463481 132201261X 9781322012612 1472407598 9781472407597 9781315588643 1315588641 9781409463474 1409463478 9781472407597 9781317116394 9781317116400 9781138270602 9781317116417 PB - Surrey Ashgate DB - UniCat KW - Social service KW - Public-private sector cooperation KW - Private-public partnerships KW - Private-public sector cooperation KW - Public-private partnerships KW - Public-private sector collaboration KW - Cooperation KW - Europe KW - Social policy. KW - Sociaal werk KW - Dienstverlening KW - Financiering KW - Overheidsbeleid KW - Veranderingsproces KW - Werkgelegenheid KW - Privatisering KW - Denemarken KW - Duitsland KW - Verenigd Koninkrijk KW - Tsjechië KW - Vergelijking KW - Sociaal werk (beroep) KW - Vergelijking (wiskunde) KW - Overheidsbedrijf KW - Politiek KW - Vergelijking (onderscheid) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77923250 AB - EU member states have seen high levels of unemployment in recent years especially amongst young people. At the same time the fiscal crisis of welfare states has made it difficult for them to invest in new jobs and new economic growth. The EU, at least since the enactment of the Amsterdam treaty, has had a focus on how to support member states development of an employment policy which aims for higher levels of participation, lower levels of unemployment and more gender equal approaches.Through exploring patterns in the recent development of financing and governance of social services and developments of social services and employment in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany and the UK, this volume provides readers with new knowledge and evidence of the options regarding social innovation in social services. Furthermore, it provides a comparative European perspective on how the interplay between a public and private mix of social service on the one hand might help in creating jobs, and, on the other, be a way of coping with the needs and expectations of higher level of services in the core areas of the welfare state.Contents:Introduction - Social services and the public sector - Employment in the health and social services: evidence and problems - Financing the welfare states - changes and challenges - Social innovation in social services - Factors shaping employment in social services - The role of the EU on welfare states: focus on social services - Governance, financing and employment in social services in the Czech Republic - Governance, financing and employment in social services in Denmark - Governance, financing and employment in social services in Germany - Governance, financing and employment in social services in the United Kingdom - Comparing the national cases - Conclusions ER -