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The Commercialization of Social WelfareSchool of Social Welfare at the University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720. Movements transforming the private sector of the social market have caused a blurring of the boundary between social and economic markets in the domain of social welfare. Increased federal expenditures for social welfare, a shift from cash benefits to in-kind benefits, and provision of social services to clients above the poverty level have encouraged commercial enterprises to penetrate the social market. This article discusses two movements-the growth of private practice among social welfare professionals and the influx offor-profit organizations into the field-and their implications. In evaluating these changes, the author predicts that social welfare will not soon return to the "liberal" welfare state or develop into a corporate welfare state, but will likely continue in the movement toward increasing privatization, resulting in decentralized production and delivery of services and increased competition among public, nonprofit, and for-profit organizations. The author concludes that the most significant concern associated with the commercialization of social welfare may be its effects upon the charitable and communal ideals of social welfare.
The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Vol. 21, No. 4,
365-376 (1985) This article has been cited by other articles:
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