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Beyond modernisation?
— social care and the transformation of welfare governance | | Author(s) | Janet Newman, Caroline Glendinning, Michael Hughes |
| Journal title | Journal of Social Policy, vol 37, part 4, October 2008 |
| Pages | pp 531-557 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org |
| Keywords | Services ; Reorganisation ; Social policy ; Research Reviews ; England. |
| Annotation | This article reflects on the process and outcomes of modernisation in adult social care in England and Wales, drawing particularly on the recently completed Modernising Adult Social Care (MASC) research programme commissioned by the Department of Health (DH). The authors begin by exploring the contested status of 'modernisation' as a descriptor of reform. They then outline some of the distinctive features of adult social care services, and suggest that these features introduce dynamics likely to shape both the experiences and outcomes of policy ambitions for modernisation. They reflect on the evidence emerging from the MASC studies, and development of a model for illuminating some of the dynamics of welfare governance. Finally, they highlight the emerging focus on individualisation and on user-directed and controlled services. It is argued that the current focus on modernisation involves a reduced emphasis on structural and institutional approaches to change and an increased emphasis on changes in the behaviours and roles of adult social care service users. This focus has implications for both the future dynamics of welfare governance and for conceptions of citizenship. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081002201 A |
| Classmark | I: 5SR: TM2: 3A:6KC: 82 |
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