“COMMODIFYING” CHILDREN: THE IMPACT OF MARKETS IN SERVICES FOR CHILDREN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

摘要: This paper is concerned with the impact on children’s health and well-being resulting from move Welfare State to welfare markets explores political trajectory that stimulated this sea change in U.K. welfare. Two services, child protection day care, are examined highlight how separation of purchasing services providing them have “commodified” children who become objects a use-value commercial exchanges internal or external markets. The concludes an overview “austerity” policies exclude many entirely considers consequences for