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How Social is Social Policy? Fiscal and Market Discourse in North American Welfare States
Author(s) -
Prince Michael J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
social policy and administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9515
pISSN - 0144-5596
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9515.00216
Subject(s) - marketization , welfare state , social policy , social welfare , government (linguistics) , political science , state (computer science) , orthodoxy , welfare , political economy , civil society , economics , economic system , market economy , politics , law , china , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , algorithm , computer science , history
Long regarded as a ‘laggard’ among welfare states in advanced industrial countries, the USA may be emerging as a ‘leader’ in the reformation of social programmes and the relationship between government, the market economy, and civil society. The dissemination and impact of this new orthodoxy is realized, in large part, through discursive practices. Fiscalization and marketization are two processes central to this growing influence of American social policy. Fiscal and market discourse, while not new, have increased in acceptance and influence, and are changing the welfare state from within by altering perceptions of issues, vocabularies used and programme reforms adopted.