Administering welfare reform: International transformations in welfare governance

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While reforms of welfare policies have been widely analysed, the reform of welfare administration has received far less attention. Using empirical case studies, this book provides significant new insights into the way welfare administration is being internationally transformed. Particular attention is given to the effect on welfare clients, staff and agencies. Administering welfare reform: presents a critical analysis of governance practices in welfare administration; examines shifts in the participants, practices and processes of welfare administration; presents original empirical case studies that highlight the effects of reforming welfare governance on welfare subjects, staff and agencies; provides a much-needed international and comparative perspective of changing welfare governance. This book is aimed at scholars and advanced students of sociology, social policy, economics, public administration and management, as well as social policy practitioners and service delivery workers.

Paul Henman lectures in social policy at the University of Queensland, Australia. He has a long-standing interest in the inter-relationship between policy making, public administration and new information technologies. Menno Fenger is Assistant Professor of public administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands and visiting scholar at the Centre for European Studies, Harvard University. His research focuses on stability and change in public policy, specifically in the field of social policy.

"This book fills a crucial gap in the literature on welfare reform by analyzing international transformations in welfare governance and administration. Anyone interested in understanding the practical side of welfare reform and its complex interconnections with the structure and outcomes of welfare policy will benefit from reading this book." Professor Neal Wallace, Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, USA