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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779165003321

Autore

Clarke John <1950->

Titolo

The managerial state [[electronic resource] ] : power, politics and ideology in the remaking of social welfare / / John Clarke and Janet Newman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 1997

ISBN

1-4462-3813-X

1-4462-2174-1

1-4462-6585-4

1-283-88126-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 176 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NewmanJanet <1945->

Disciplina

361.650941

Soggetti

Welfare state

Public welfare - Great Britain

Great Britain Social policy 1979-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.[160]-169) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 - From the Cradle to the Grave: The Crises of the Post-War Welfare Settlements; Chapter 2 - Towards the Managerial State?; Chapter 3 - A Change for the Better? The Tyranny of Transformation; Chapter 4 - The Making of Management: Regimes of Power; Chapter 5 - Incentives, Institutions and Identities: Shaping the Managerial State; Chapter 6 - Capturing the Customer: The Politics of Representation; Chapter 7 - Reinventing the Public; Chapter 8 - An Unstable State?; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The authors examine critically the political forces that enabled 'more and better management' to be presented as a solution to the problems of the welfare state, and trace the emergence of new dilemmas in the provision of public services.