000			01615pab a2200205 454500
008			180718b2012 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aZehavi, Amos
245			_aWelfare state politics in privatization of delivery: Linking program constituencies to left and right
260			_c2012
300			_ap.194-219.
362			_aFeb
520			_aThis article asks whether alleged partisan policy convergence has eradicated differences in relation to privatization of delivery of welfare state services. The study utilizes a novel methodological approach-numerous intrastate comparisons set in a consilience research framework-to assess the extent of convergence and its underlying reasons. It explores the partisan politics of school privatization of delivery across five countries that differ in their position on the left-right continuum: England, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, and Sweden. Privatization of delivery in health care was selected as a secondary policy domain. Analysis of within-country variation in both domains indicates that there remain significant differences between left and right across all countries. The right tends to set the privatization agenda, and the left is more reluctant than the right to privatize delivery of services. This difference in approach is related to the disparate influence that public and private program constituencies have over left and right parties. - Reproduced.
650			_aHealth services
650			_aEducation
650			_aPrivatization
650			_aSocial policy
773			_aComparative Political Studies
908			_aN
909			_a95681
999			_c95681 _d95681