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Managing Social Policy »

Authors: Eugene McLaughlin (Editor), John Clarke (Editor), Allan Douglas Cochrane
ISBN-13: 9780803977686, ISBN-10: 0803977689
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date Published: July 1994
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Eugene McLaughlin

Book Synopsis

This innovative text offers an assessment of the role of management in the restructuring of social welfare in contemporary Britain.

In the transformation of the welfare state since the 1970s, management has been accorded a central role. New forms and ideas of management have had profound consequences for: the organization and delivery of public services; the political processes of policy formation; systems of accountability; and the experiences both of the recipients of services and of those working within public sector organizations.

Examining the significance of managerialism, this book offers a unique insight into the current shaping of social welfare.

	Notes on Contributors
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction: Why Management Matters	1
1	Going about Our Business? The Managerialization of Public Services	13
2	The New Managerialism and Social Security	32
3	Managing the National Health Service	57
4	Managing in the Mixed Economy of Care	73
5	Managerialism in Education	93
6	Managing the Criminal Justice System	115
7	Managing Change in Local Government	141
8	Leisure and the New Managerialism	163
9	The Limits of Management: Gender and the Politics of Change	182
10	Control, Commitment and Contracts	210
11	Mission Accomplished or Unfinished Business? The Impact of Managerialization	226
	Index	243