New Private Sector Providers in the Welfare State

Jonas Pieper is a researcher at the Observatory for Sociopolitical Developments in Europe, based in Germany. He has previously held positions as a policy officer on EU social policy and as a researcher at University of Bremen where he specialized in comparative welfare state studies.

• 1: Introduction.- 2: Private sector provider power in welfare state politics.- 3: Mapping private sector providers.- 4: Power resources of private sector providers.- 5: Private sector providers and patterns of privatization.- 6: Private sector providers in political processes.- 7: Conclusion.