PINCH, Steven <br/><br/>
Worlds of welfare :  understanding the changing geographies of social welfare provision 

 - London :  Routledge,  1997 
 - 167 p. 
<br/><br/> Part I: charting the dimensions of change in welfare states  Introduction  What is meant by welfare?  How can welfare needs be met?  Geographical variations in welfare states: the international scale  Geographical variations in welfare within states  Pressures for change in the welfare state  Changing the welfare state: chipping away at the edges  Rationalisation  Privatisation 1: asset sales and residualisation  Privatisation 2: increasing reliance on the private sector  Self-provisioning  Voluntarism  Deinstitutionalisation  Deregulation  Hollowing out the centre: changes within public services  Investment and technical change  Intensification  Flexibilisation  Contracting-out  Internal markets  Commercialisation and corporatisation  Devolution  Decentralisation  Part II: evaluating contemporary social theories  Regulation theory  The attractions of regulation theory  The key elements of regulation theory  Fordism  The demise of fordism  Neo-(or post) fordism  Regulation theory and the welfare state  The geography of the neo-fordist welfare state  Criticisms of regulation theory  Structuration theory  The basics of structuration theory  The structuration debate  Structuration theory and the changing welfare state  The cultural turn  What is the cultural turn?  Cultural studies and geography  Cultural studies and the welfare state  Feminist critiques of welfare states  Racism and the welfare state  Disability and welfare  Sexuality and welfare  Conclusions  The post-modern dilemma  Social needs and universal notions of justice  Towards the mean and lean welfare state? 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bem Estar Social<br/>Racionalização<br/>Voluntariado<br/>Política Social<br/>Justiça Social<br/>Privatização<br/>Teoria Social<br/>Regulação<br/>Desregulamentação