Social Care in the UK's Four Nations

Between Two Paradigms
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-4473-6464-1
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

Two decades have passed since the devolution of social care policy, with key differences emerging between the UK’s four systems, but what impact have these differences had? This book presents for the first time research on the perspectives of social care policy makers on the four systems in which they operate and the ways in which they borrow from one another.

Drawing on extensive interviews with national and local policy makers across the UK, the book raises vital questions about the role of ‘standardisation’ and ‘differentiation’ in social care, concluding that when given equal capacity to reform their respective systems, the regimes in each nation may take radically different shapes.

Chapter 4 and chapter 7 are available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Needham, Catherine

Hall, Patrick

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landesverwaltung
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Comparing Adult Social Care Systems in the UK

2. What Is Social Care Policy For?

3. What Is in Crisis? The Context of Care Policy in the Four Nations

4. The Mechanisms of Social Care Reform

5. The Outcomes of Social Care Reform

6. Territorial Policy Communities: Scale, Style and Scope

7. The Limits of Social Care Reform

8. Conclusion: Between Care Paradigms

Über Autor(innen)

Needham, Catherine
Catherine Needham is Professor of Public Policy and Public Management at the University of Birmingham. She is based at the Health Services Management Centre, developing research around social care and new approaches to public service workforce development.

Hall, Patrick
Patrick Hall is a PhD Researcher at the University of Birmingham’s Health Service Management Centre. His research interests are in social care systems and the place of ethics in evaluation.

Catherine Needham is Professor of Public Policy and Public Management at the University of Birmingham.

Patrick Hall is PhD Researcher at the Health Service Management Centre at the University of Birmingham.