The Nordic welfare model is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Using Denmark we
show how a universal welfare state model is gradually being transformed into an emergent …

During the 1950s and 1960s in the US as well as in many European countries, psychiatric
hospitals began to close down. In their place, various linear residential treatment (LRT) …

Choice by service users has been promoted in social policy across many developed welfare
states, often on the grounds that it will incentivize providers to enhance quality and …

The introduction of choice and consumer mechanisms in public services has been identified
as a fundamental shift in welfare service provision internationally. Within the United …

South Korea has been experiencing unprecedented socio-economic transformations in
which an ageing population is widely regarded as a key challenge. As an unlikely …

This report was commissioned by the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs with the
aim of analysing the decision to make or to buy long-term care services, ie whether to deliver …

This article discusses the issue of choice as it applies to long-term unemployed and
vulnerable individuals. It argues that the combination of poor employment opportunities …

Due to demographic ageing, many welfare states have restructured their long‐term care
(LTC) policies by simultaneously extending older people's social rights to publicly‐funded …

Based on the country chapters in the present volume, this contribution has two objectives:
First, it gives a structured overview on the diversity of policy responses that have been …

User choice in care for older people has assumed that care is like any other commodity;
which is in contrast with the concept of care defined by the feminist and ethics of care …