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

• Autore: Clarke John <1950->
• Pubblicazione: London, : SAGE Publications, 1997; London : , : SAGE Publications, , 1997
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 176 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.650941
• Soggetto topico: Social structure - Great Britain - History
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Social policy
• Altri autori: NewmanJanet <1945->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The managerial state
• ISBN: 1-4462-3813-X; 1-4462-2174-1; 1-4462-6585-4; 1-283-88126-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822158103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II