ABSTRACT
I n many Western welfare states, marketization has been announcedas a potential solution for almost all of the problems in the field ofsocial care. The logic of the market was rhetorically very successful, and it restructured care in a managerial way, although it did not result in cost reduction or efficiency. Instead, it destabilized former logics of care-the fragile balance between the bureaucratic administration of public services, the professional system, and private care arrangements.
