TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gingrich,Jane R.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Making markets in the welfare state: the politics of varying market reforms 
T2  - Cambridge studies in comparative politics
AV  - HD3850 .G487 2011eb
U1  - 338.9/25 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Privatization
KW  - Welfare state
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-266) and index; 1. Introduction -- 2. Markets and politics -- 3. The rise of markets -- 4. Health care markets -- 5. Education markets -- 6. Markets in elderly care -- 7. Conclusion; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - "In 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States on the promise of radically reforming American government by cutting spending and welfare entitlements and improving conditions for private entrepreneurship. For Reagan, American government was akin to an alligator infested swamp, not only stagnant but dangerous. Thousands of miles away, the Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme, in response to a local government's attempt to privatize a childcare center, took a different stance. Palme argued that the introduction of markets would create "Kentucky Fried Children," the market standing for things American and unhealthy, a threat to Swedish children and the Swedish welfare state"--
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10502838
ER  -