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From Community Care to Market Care?
Robin Means
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Description for From Community Care to Market Care?
paperback. This study focuses on the contribution that studies of the post-war 'welfare state' can make to debates about welfare. Drawing on community care debates from 1971 to 1993, it illuminates contemporary concerns about issues as rationing care, the health and social care divide, residential care and growing emphasis on provider competition. Num Pages: 212 pages, 14figs.9tabs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFSP31; JHBC; JKSB; JKSG; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
This study reflects a growing recognition of the contribution that studies of the post-war 'welfare state' can make to contemporary debates about the restructuring of welfare. Drawing on the community care debates from 1971 to 1993, it illuminates contemporary concerns about such key issues as rationing care, the health and social care divide, the changing role of residential care and the growing emphasis on provider competition. From community care to market care focuses on the interpretation and development of national policy at local authority level in four contrasting local authorities. The results of the study will make a significant contribution ... Read more
This study reflects a growing recognition of the contribution that studies of the post-war 'welfare state' can make to contemporary debates about the restructuring of welfare. Drawing on the community care debates from 1971 to 1993, it illuminates contemporary concerns about such key issues as rationing care, the health and social care divide, the changing role of residential care and the growing emphasis on provider competition. From community care to market care focuses on the interpretation and development of national policy at local authority level in four contrasting local authorities. The results of the study will make a significant contribution ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861342652
SKU
V9781861342652
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About Robin Means
Robin Means is Associate Dean (Research and International Developments) at the Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol. Hazel Morbey is a Research Associate at the Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol. Randall Smith is a Senior Research Fellow at the School for Policy Studies, University of ... Read more
Reviews for From Community Care to Market Care?
"... a book that deserves to be widely read ..." Journal of Social Policy "... an important book for both undergraduate and postgraduate students who are studying social welfare, social work and social policy." Ageing & Society "... a useful addition to the community care literature and should be included on undergraduate reading lists of community care modules." Ian Shaw, ... Read more