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| The evolution of choice policies in UK housing, education and health policy | | Author(s) | Ian Greener, Martin Powell |
| Journal title | Journal of Social Policy, vol 38, part 1, January 2009 |
| Pages | pp 63-81 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org |
| Keywords | Housing [elderly] ; Education ; Health services ; Consumer choice ; Social policy ; Histories. |
| Annotation | Scholarship in social policy in recent years has examined how policy positions users in a range of roles, particularly most recently in terms of their roles as 'choosers' through the increased use of markets in welfare. This article considers how choice policies have positioned users since the creation of the modern welfare state, presenting a history of choice policies, but also a comparative examination of how they have differed in the UK between housing, education and healthcare. It concludes by suggesting that although approaches to choice vary considerably between the three public services examined, policy-makers often appear unaware of these differences, leading to mistaken assumptions that policies can be transferred or transplanted unproblematically. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090127208 A |
| Classmark | KE: V: L: WYC: TM2: 6A |
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