Abstract
The more deeply the current welfare state regimes go into crisis, the more strongly does welfare service provision in rich democracies depend on private corporations. This article addresses this issue of the "New Public Commons" from the perspective of the changing welfare state regime. First, the theory of the non-profit regime developed by Salamon and Anheier is reviewed and its relationship to the welfare state regime is examined. Second, convergent tendencies in new systems of welfare service provision which depend on the growing role of social enterprises are presented. Third, the possibility of new divergences into different types of provisional systems is discussed, which will be caused by political relations in rich democracies.
