Betting on children at risk
Actors’ views on the introduction of social impact bonds in the French field of “childhood in danger”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12065183 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elen Riot (0000-0003-4566-0996, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 856-891 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Urban Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0735-2166 • E-ISSN: 1467-9906 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07352166.2020.1758119 |
| OpenAlex | W3039838262 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 32 |
Social impact bonds (SIBs) were recently introduced in France as a result of the creation of a state label. A set of promises were associated with the bonds allowing experimental projects to test new methods in dealing with social risk. Social entrepreneurs offered to pioneer them and engage in social innovation. Yet the device immediately triggered questions about the benefits of this type of public−private partnership and the compatibility of the welfare system with social finance. Empirically, it had already been tested abroad, with mixed results. Theoretically, some assumptions to help modelize social risk proved debatable. This paper documents key actors’ views on SIBs in terms of their present and foreseeable effects. Its specific subfield is that of children’s services. Its main contribution is dual. It first consists of identifying what type of arguments and positions work better to promote SIBs in France. Secondly, it points to several forms of decoupling between discourse and practices caused by the superior success of moderate and relatively vague descriptions of SIBs as a set of promises, prefigurative of a major restructuration of the field
Actuarial science · Bond · Business · Field (mathematics · General partnership · Normative · Political science · Public relations · Set (abstract data type · Social risk · Social Welfare · Sociology · Welfare · Community Development and Social Impact · Computer Science · Law · Public-Private Partnership Projects · Social Sciences and Governance · Finance
Social Entrepreneurship
Private finance for public goods
Pricing the priceless child
Tva and the Grass Roots
A Theory of Fields
(Not) Valuing Care
Narratives of Promise, Narratives of Caution
Social impact bonds
A framework for social investment strategies
Social Enterprise in the United States and Europe
The razor’s edge
The Uneven Distribution of Market Solutions for Public Goods
Regional Economic Development and Child Care
How planners deal with uncomfortable knowledge
Privatization and urban governance
Financialisation of Valuation
The three worlds of welfare capitalism
Beyond the market versus planning dichotomy
On the transformation of children at-risk into an investment proposition
Household Life-Cycle Stages, Transitions, and Product Expenditures
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |