In whose interest? : The privatisation of child protection and social work / Ray Jones

By:

Jones, Ray

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Bristol : Policy Press, c 2019.Edition: 1stDescription: x, 387 p.: 21 cmISBN:

9781447351283

Subject(s):

Child welfare Government policy and Child welfare Government policy England

DDC classification:

23 362.709 JON

Contents:

Part I : The recent History 1. How did we get here? The recent moves to privatise children's social services and social work 2. Creeping political control : the Children and Social Work Bill and anti-professionalism 3. The key players and their networks Part II : The long haul 4. The formation of the welfare state and its 1980s rejection by Thatcher 5. Thatcher's levers and mechanisms to promote marketisation and privatisation 6. Blair and New Labour's continuation of the journey towards privatisation 7. Cameron, the coalition and the Conservatives : "Cambornism" and enhanced Thatcherism Part III : The impact of Privatisation 8. Privatisation of public services and the undermining of the welfare state 9. The experience and outcomes of privatising public services 10. The impact to date of the privatisation of social care, social services and social work Part IV : Changing course 11. No to TINA : an alternative journey for social work and children's social services

Summary: What is the social cost of privatising public services? And what effect has the failure of previous privatisations had? This book tells how social work services are now being out-sourced to private companies and how this trend threatens the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children and disabled adults

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	362.709 JON (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		47078

Part I : The recent History
1. How did we get here? The recent moves to privatise children's social services and social work
2. Creeping political control : the Children and Social Work Bill and anti-professionalism
3. The key players and their networks
Part II : The long haul
4. The formation of the welfare state and its 1980s rejection by Thatcher
5. Thatcher's levers and mechanisms to promote marketisation and privatisation
6. Blair and New Labour's continuation of the journey towards privatisation
7. Cameron, the coalition and the Conservatives : "Cambornism" and enhanced Thatcherism
Part III : The impact of Privatisation
8. Privatisation of public services and the undermining of the welfare state
9. The experience and outcomes of privatising public services
10. The impact to date of the privatisation of social care, social services and social work
Part IV : Changing course
11. No to TINA : an alternative journey for social work and children's social services

What is the social cost of privatising public services? And what effect has the failure of previous privatisations had? This book tells how social work services are now being out-sourced to private companies and how this trend threatens the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children and disabled adults

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.