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The Privatization of Social Services in Israel

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This chapter discusses the privatization of social services in Israel and examines its implications for recipients and providers, and the public at large. After providing an overview of the privatization of social services in Israel, it offers lessons and dilemmas from the Israeli case that might be of interest internationally. The chapter concludes by revisiting the consequences of the privatization of social services and looks to the future of privatization in this field through the vision of a “regulatory welfare state,” according to which welfare state values are maintained in the new structure via regulatory means.

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  1. School of Social Work and Social Policy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Avishai Benish

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  1. Sussex Law School, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

    Amir Paz-Fuchs

  2. School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

    Ronen Mandelkern

  3. The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Jerusalem, Israel

    Itzhak Galnoor

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Benish, A. (2018). The Privatization of Social Services in Israel. In: Paz-Fuchs, A., Mandelkern, R., Galnoor, I. (eds) The Privatization of Israel. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58261-4_8

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