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UNINA9910451265803321 |
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Power Michael |
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Titolo |
Organized uncertainty [[electronic resource] ] : designing a world of risk management / / Michael Power |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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1-281-16410-0 |
9786611164102 |
0-19-153114-6 |
1-4294-9278-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (267 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Uncertainty |
Risk management |
Economics |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Incudes bibliographical references (p. [204]-232) and index. |
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Organized uncertainty : an introduction -- Turning organizations inside out : the rise of internal control -- Standardizing risk management : making up processes and people -- Putting categories to work : the invention of operational risk -- Governing reputations : the outside comes in -- Making risk auditable : legalization and organization -- Designing a world of risk management. |
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Since the mid-1990s risk management has dramatically expanded its reach and significance to become a benchmark of good governance for a wide variety of public and private organizations. This book shows that the rise of risk management has much less to do with real dangers and opportunities than with organizational accountability and legitimacy. - ;Since the mid-1990s risk management has undergone a dramatic expansion in its reach and significance, being transformed from an aspect of management control to become a benchmark of good governance for banks, hospitals, schools, charities and many ot |
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UNISA996517760903316 |
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Autore |
Kirwan Samuel |
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Titolo |
Advising in austerity: Reflections on challenging times for advice agencies |
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Bristol, : Policy Press, 2017 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 electronic resource (136 p.) |
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Poverty & unemployment |
Civil rights & citizenship |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- List of acronyms -- Introduction -- Introduction -- 'Lucy': The Barriers to Accessing Advice -- A Reflection on Case Study One: The Barriers to Accessing Advice -- Citizens Advice in Austere Times -- The Advice Conundrum: How to Satisfy the Competing Demands of Clients and Funders. An Interview with Gail Bowen-Huggett -- The Shift to Digital Advice and Benefit Services: Implications for Advice Providers and Their Clients -- Introduction -- 'Laura': The Effect of Fees Upon the Employment Tribunal Process -- A Reflection on Case Study Two: Laura and the Effect of Fees -- The Costs of Justice: Barriers and Challenges to Accessing the Employment Tribunal System -- Justice and Legal Remedies in Employment Disputes: Adviser and Advisee Perspectives -- Precarity and 'Austerity': Employment Disputes and Inequalities -- Introduction -- 'Brian': An Unrepresented Claimant -- A Reflection on Case Study Three: 'Brian' -- Power and Legality in Benefits Advice -- Getting from the Story of a Dispute to the Law -- "Advice on the Law But Not Legal Advice So Much": Weaving Law and Life Into Debt Advice -- Reflections On Advising in Austerity -- References -- Index |
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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. In a world dominated by austerity politics and policies, Advising in austerity provides a lively and thought-provoking account of the conditions, consequences and challenges of advice work in the UK, presenting a rare and rich view of the world of advice giving. Based on original research it examines how |
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advisors negotiate the private troubles of those who come to Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB) and construct ways forward. Exploring how advisors are trained, the strong contributor team reflect on the challenges facing Citizens Advice Bureaux in the future, where austerity will ensure that the need for advice services increase, while funding for such services declines. |
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