Partnerships, New Labour and the Governance of Welfare

1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-86134-339-0
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Current policy encourages 'partnerships' - between statutory organisations and professionals; public and private sectors; with voluntary organisations and local communities. But is this collaborative discourse really as distinctive as the Labour Government claims? How far do contemporary partnerships exemplify an approach to governing which is based on networks (as distinct from hierarchies and markets)?
Partnerships, New Labour and the governance of welfare:

provides an up-to-date critical analysis of partnerships;
addresses the highly topical theme of 'partnerships' as the means of achieving joined-up government;
presents empirical evidence from a wide range of welfare partnerships;
examines the relationships between local welfare partnerships and the management of those partnerships by central government;
reveals the imbalance of power which characterises many contemporary partnerships.
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It is essential reading for academics and students of contemporary social and public policy and for those with an interest in networks and other theories of welfare governance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glendinning, Caroline

Powell, Martin

Rummery, Kirstein

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landesverwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction Martin Powell and Caroline Glendinning; Partnerships, quasi-networks and social policy ~ Martin Powell and Mark Exworthy; Partnership and the remaking of welfare governance ~ John Clarke and Caroline Glendinning; What is a 'successful' partnership and how can it be measured? ~ Bob Hudson and Brian Hardy; Partnership at the front line: the WellFamily service and primary care ~ Karen Clarke and Kirstein Rummery; Building capacity for collaboration in English Health Action Zones ~ Marian Barnes and Helen Sullivan; Partnerships for local governance: citizens, communities and accountability ~ Guy Daly and Howard Davis; Partnerships with the voluntary sector: can Compacts work? ~ Pete Alcock and Duncan Scott; Dangerous liaisons: local government and the voluntary and community sectors ~ Gary Craig and Marilyn Taylor; 'Together we'll crack it': partnership and the governance of crime prevention ~ Gordon Hughes and Eugene McLaughlin; Regeneration partnerships under New Labour: a case of creeping centralisation ~ Jonathan S. Davies; Education Action Zones ~ Marny Dickson, Sharon Gewirtz, David Halpin, Sally Power and Geoff Whitty; Public-private partnerships - the case of PFI ~ Sally Ruane; Public-private partnerships in pensions policies ~ Sue Ward; Towards a theory of welfare partnerships ~ Kirstein Rummery.

Über Autor(innen)

Rummery, Kirstein
Kirstein Rummery is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Stirling, the co-director of the Centre on Gender and Feminist Studies and a senior fellow of the Centre on Constitutional Change.

Powell, Martin
Martin Powell is a Professor of Health and Social Policy at the University of Birmingham. Martin’s main research interest is in the British welfare state, especially the NHS. He has written or edited some 19 books, including some being translated into Chinese, Korean, and Polish. He has written over 80 peer reviewed articles, and he is a former editor of the journal ‘Social Policy and Administration’.

Caroline Glendinning is Professor of Social Policy, National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester. She currently leads a programme of research on the development of partnerships between NHS and local authorities.
Martin Powell is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social and Policy Studies, University of Bath. Research interests include welfare theory, policy evaluation and health policy.
Kirstein Rummery is Lecturer at the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester. Research interests include citizenship and disabled and older people, access to care and partnerships between health and social care services.