Introduction: From the Emergence to the Dynamics of Welfare Markets

Clémence Ledoux (1, 2) , Karen Shire (3) , Franca van Hooren (4)

1 DCS - Droit et changement social
2 CENS - Centre Nantais de Sociologie
3 Universität Duisburg-Essen = University of Duisburg-Essen [Essen]
4 UvA - University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] = Universiteit van Amsterdam

This chapter presents the landscape of welfare markets in Europe and provides tools for the analysis and explanation of their dynamics. It shows how the new sociology of markets helps to better understand the dynamics of welfare markets, which we define as markets that provide social goods and services through the competitive activities of non-state actors. Welfare markets can have different relations to the welfare state. Different types of policy instruments (financial, regulatory, or informational) shape the dynamics of welfare markets, and this chapter identifies the potential variation in outcomes these markets can produce on the productive, allocative, and discursive dimension of market orders. Subsequently, the chapter emphasizes the role of actors in welfare market dynamics and compares the similarities and differences in dynamics of private pensions and domestic/care services.

Mots clés: Welfare market dynamics

Domaines: Droit

Clémence Ledoux, Karen Shire, Franca van Hooren. Introduction: From the Emergence to the Dynamics of Welfare Markets. Clémence Ledoux; Karen Shire; Franca van Hooren. The Dynamics of Welfare Markets: Private Pensions and Domestic/Care Services in Europe, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.3-48, 2021, 978-3-030-56623-4. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-56623-4_1⟩. ⟨hal-03642958⟩