"Social Welfare" ed. by Rosario Laratta

The book aims to clarify some of the ambiguity around the term, discuss the pros and cons of privatization, present a range of social welfare paradoxes and innovations, and establish a clear set of economic frameworks with which to understand the conditions under which the change in social welfare can be obtained.

Contents
Preface
Part 1 Social Welfare Idealization and Privatization
1 Contemporary Civil Society Theory Versus Hegel's Understanding of Civil Society
2 Privatization and Financial Markets in European Union: ASocial Welfare Perspective
Part 2 Social Welfare Paradoxes and Innovations
3 Paradoxes of Welfare: Universality, Truth, and Power in Modern Welfare Provision
4 Area-Based Partnerships and Social Welfare: Innovations and Challenges
5 Look to Norway - A Sobering Challenge to a Success Story
6 Autonomy and Poverty-An Empirical Study of Long-Term Recipients of Social Assistance
Part 3 Social Welfare Competition and Negotiation
7 Can Competition Save Your Life?
8 Welfare Effects of Third-Degree Price Discrimination: Ippolito Meets Schmalensee and Varian
9 Mediated Heuristic Approaches and Alternative Social Welfare Definitions for Complex Contract Negotiations Involving Highly Uncorrelated Utility Spaces
10 Social Welfare and the Emergence of Negotiations