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Exploring the meso-territorialization of third sector administration and welfare delivery in federal and union states: Evidence and theory-building from the UK
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Christala Sophocleous ,
Daniel Wincott
Regional and Federal Studies, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 231 - 254
Swansea University Author:
Christala Sophocleous
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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/13597566.2020.1822341
Abstract
The international trend of state restructuring and the rise of decentralized welfare systems means a key challenge for social research is to systematically explore the breadth of factors shaping the territorialization of third sector welfare delivery at the meso level in federal and union states. We...
| Published in: | Regional and Federal Studies |
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| ISSN: | 1359-7566 1743-9434 |
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Informa UK Limited
2022
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The international trend of state restructuring and the rise of decentralized welfare systems means a key challenge for social research is to systematically explore the breadth of factors shaping the territorialization of third sector welfare delivery at the meso level in federal and union states. We address this lacuna by synthesizing historical-institutionalism and critical realism with Salamon and Anheier’s classic framework on civic infrastructure development to produce an inductive analytical model for wider empirical testing. Its application here to the longitudinal case study data covering Wales shows it to be effective in providing a holistic understanding of the temporal and spatial processes underpinning decentralization. The wider significance of the case study lies in underlining the iterative, reciprocal relationship between governance reforms and territorialization – and showing how territorialization can originate in response to national crises and welfare demand caused by state and market failure in the delivery of public goods. |
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Third sector; territorialisation; welfare decentralisation; contingency; neo-institutionalism; devolution; Wales |
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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This work was supported by Economic and Social Research Council [grant number ES/S012435/1]. |
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2 |
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231 |
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254 |