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Decentralizing Social Services in Israel
Author(s) -
Cnaan Ram A.
Publication year - 1988
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/j.1467-9515.1988.tb00291.x
Subject(s) - decentralization , delegation , empowerment , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , social welfare , public administration , business , control (management) , political science , public relations , economics , management , computer science , law , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm
This paper describes an attempt by the Israeli government to decentralize social services. Special attention is focused on the initiation of this planned effort of a highly centralized state. First, the Israeli culture is analyzed in terms of the delegation of authority and empowerment of citizens. Second, the principles of this planned change are summarized and results of two evaluation studies are presented. Several possible causes for the lack of success in decentralizing social services are suggested, followed by comments on the future of decentralization of social services in Israel.